Former
factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP),
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff will Thursday formally return to the All
Progressives Congress, (PDP). Checks revealed that the former
Borno state governor will be received at the ruling party national
secretariat along with his supporters by the national chairman of the
party, Chief Odigie Oyegun.
Senator Sheriff was a pioneer
chieftain of the APC, having joined the erstwhile main opposition party
as member of the defunct All Nigerian People’s Party, (ANPP).
He
defected to the PDP in 2014 in controversial circumstances having lost
out in the power play at the national secretariat of the APC which
accorded the Borno state governor, Ibrahim Shettima the status of
leader of the party.
His sojourn in the PDP was also dogged by
controversies as he struggled for the position of national chairman with
former Kaduna state governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi until the Supreme
Court declared his claim illegal and pronounced Senator Makarfi the
authentic PDP National Chairman.