Ex- Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, who is currently under investigation for his alleged involvement with the dreaded terror group Boko Haram has said that his defection to PDP was a personal sacrifice to save his people in Borno from Boko Haram, he said this at a press conference in Abuja as reported by Sahara Reporters
Ex-Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State said he defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in order to help end the numerous problems facing his state, especially the insurgency fueled by Boko Haram, a terror group sworn to eradicate western education and values.
Mr. Sheriff, who was recently named by an Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, as one of the main sponsors and financiers of Boko Haram, spoke in the Borno State capital of Maiduguri amid tight security. The former governor, who later became a senator, was in the city to pay a condolence visit to his close political associate, Kashim Iman.
