Ali Modu Sheriff

Ali Modu Sheriff
Modu Sheriff in 2007
Chairman of the PDP National Working Committee Acting
In office 16 February 2016 – 21 May 2016
Preceded by	Uche Secondus (Acting)
Succeeded by	Ahmed Makarfi (Caretaker)
Governor of Borno State
In office 29 May 2003 – 29 May 2011
Deputy	Adamu Dibal
Preceded by	Mala Kachalla
Succeeded by	Kashim Shettima
Senator for Borno Central
In office 3 June 1999 – 3 June 2003
Preceded by	Himself (1993)
Succeeded by	Mohammed Abba Aji
In office 5 December 1992 – 17 November 1993
Succeeded by	Himself (1999)
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 67–68) Ngala, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Borno State, Nigeria)
Political party	All Progressive Congress (2013–2014; 2018–present)
Other political affiliations	National Republican Convention (1992–1993) United Nigeria Congress Party (1997–1998) All Nigeria People's Party (1998–2013) Peoples Democratic Party (2014–2018)

Ali Modu Sheriff (born 1956) is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Borno State from 2003 to 2011. He was the first governor to serve two consecutive terms.^[1]

Though Sheriff had held two elected offices as a member of All Nigeria People's Party, he would later join the All Progressives Congress becoming a founding member of that party. In 2014, Sheriff switched affiliation to the People's Democratic Party.^[2][3] He acted as the National Working Committee chair from 16 February 2016 until the National Convention, when he was removed and replaced by Ahmed Makarfi.^[4][5] On 26 April 2018, Sheriff defected back to All Progressives Congress.^[6]