Former governor of Borno state, Senator Alimodu Sheriff, has rallied support for the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
Sheriff in a statement released Monday in Abuja, signed by the Director-General Ali Modu Sheriff Campaign Organisation, Dr. Cairo Ojugboh, urged his political associates and all the APC members to support the party candidate and his running mate.
Sheriff said Shettima personally notified him of his nomination as soon as he was informed of it, and “I have given my blessings to the Tinubu/ Shettima APC 2023 presidential ticket.
“I Senator Ali Modu Sheriff on behalf of my political associates and family, hereby congratulate Senator Kashim Shettima on his nomination as All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Vice-Presidential candidate by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate on Sunday in Daura, Katsina State.
“We have given him and his principal our blessings and we emplore all hands to be on deck as we work in unity to ensure the party’s electoral victory in 2023.
“All party stakeholders and members must work together to ensure that the APC wins the 2023 presidential election irrespective of whatever sentiments we may harbour.
“As an individual and a critical stakeholder of the APC, I am ready to work with the team and other stakeholders of the party to ensure its electoral victory in 2023 general elections at all levels.”
While promising to do everything humanly possible to ensure that the APC wins the coming elections in landslide, Senator Sheriff said: “We are all APC members and should come together and campaign for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential ticket and for the party to win the elections at all levels.
“From the depth of my heart, I support the Tinubu/Shettima presidential ticket and I believe that with Allah on our side, our victory is assured.”
