{"id":91065,"date":"2022-01-22T19:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91065"},"modified":"2022-01-22T19:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:46:58","slug":"apc-chairman-those-harping-for-zoning-are-afraid-of-me-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/apc-chairman-those-harping-for-zoning-are-afraid-of-me-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"APC chairman: Those harping for zoning are afraid of me &#8211; Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m31622\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Borno Governor Senator Ali Modu Sheriff on Friday said his interest in the chairmanship positions is unsettling other aspirants in the contest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Senator Sheriff also said that he is not interested in the presidency but the national chairmanship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe made this declaration during an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to him: \u201cSo many insinuations are going around, Ali Modu Sheriff is not looking for Chairman; he is looking to be Presidential candidate.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cPlease, I want to put it on record today, I am not looking for President. I am looking for a National Chairman so that I could lead the party to victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to lead a campaign like what we did to 2014 to make sure that our father and leader (Buhari) hands over power to another APC man as a President.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIf I want to be President, I am not afraid of anybody but I don\u2019t want to be President but National Chairman.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nWhen told that the party might have zoned the national chairmanship to the north-central geopolitical zone, the chairmanship hopeful maintained that the party was yet to come up with any zoning arrangement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He noted that the Caretaker Committee of the party at the end of its crucial meeting on Wednesday refuted the news making round over zoning arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Modu-Sheriff argued that those harping on that zoning arrangement are afraid of his towering chances of being elected as the next National Chairman of the party at the convention.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that he is not the only aspirant from the northeast.<\/p>\n<p>According to him: \u201cAs of today, even from the North-eastern states of Nigeria, many people are looking for chairman, it is not only Ali Sheriff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referring to a media report of his being edged out of the chairmanship race, the former Governor said those pushing such notion are only afraid of him.<\/p>\n<p>Hear him: \u201cIt clearly shows you that those that are writing this are afraid of the man called Ali Sheriff. They are afraid, Ali Sheriff is the target, they don\u2019t probably want to go to the convention with Ali Sheriff, they are afraid, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Admitting that the party has many capable hands, he noted that his experience, connection and vast knowledge of party administration put him ahead of other aspirants for the job of the national chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Assuring his party faithful that his chairmanship will strive towards attaining the dream of the founding fathers by ensuring that under him, APC will be the largest and strongest party in the continent.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Borno Governor Senator Ali Modu Sheriff on Friday said his interest in the chairmanship positions is unsettling other aspirants in the contest. 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