BEVERLY HILLS, April 26, (THEWILL) – The national headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has told a former factional chairman of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to join the APC from his ward in Borno State instead of coming to its Abuja secretariat.
“Our attention has been drawn to reports in some sections of the media that the former factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) today at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.
“While we are aware of such intentions, we wish to restate our earlier position that anyone who wants to join the Party should do so at the ward level. We are happy to welcome new members to our party, but membership cards are not issued at the Party National Secretariat, “Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary, APC said in a statement Thursday.
Reports had suggested that the politician would defect to the APC in Abuja with hundreds of his supporters.
