Zulum's PDP opponent is Mohammed Alkali Imam whose godfather former governor Ali Modu Sheriff is a political malefactor seen as partly responsible for the emergence of Boko Haram...
It has put behind it the leadership fight between party barons Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff...
The PDP is in better shape after resolving a leadership fight between Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff Makarfi handing over to the new National Chairman Uche Secondus after December's much-awaited party convention...
The latest furore follows accusations from Stephen Davis an Australian security consultant that Ali Modu Sheriff a former governor of Borno State and Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika a former Chief of Army Staff were sponsors of Boko Haram (AC Vol 52 No 24 How politicians help insurgents)...
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Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff said there was not enough evidence to convict but Abdullahi and others believe the membership of children from influential families and the group's alleged financier Borno's former Commissioner for Religious Affairs Alhaji Buji Foi helped deflect attention...
