A former governor of Borno State and erstwhile national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has described his successor and incumbent Governor Kashim Shettima as “boss” to terrorist Boko Haram sect and keeper of the abducted Chibok school girls.
The statement is coming on the heels of the recent argument between the governor and former President Goodluck Jonathan over the abduction of the Chibok girls.
The governor had accused Jonathan’s administration of mishandling the abduction of the girls saying “When the Chibok girls saga started, they made the President to believe that there was no abduction; that the Chibok girls were kidnapped by the governor of Borno State, ostensibly to embarrass the Jonathan administration and he believed that line of story.
In his response, the former president had insisted that Shettima still has explanations to make regarding the circumstances that led to the abduction of the secondary school students.
But the state’s former governor in a statement released Wednesday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media, Adams Kolo, accused his successor of being boss to the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents and the keeper of Chibok girls.
The former governor was reacting to a trending video on social media alleging that he was attacked by a crowd in Maiduguri, the State capital.
The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to a false video trending online titled SAS lynched in Maiduguri.
“About 18 months ago, senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the former Governor of Borno State and the immediate past National Chairman of PDP paid a condolence visit to Alhaji Waziri, Chairman APC Maiduguri metropolitan.
“As soon as news filtered that the most respected and distinguished Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff was in town, a mammoth crowd gathered as usual to have a glimpse of their respected leader. The interest of the crowd draws from the fact that the current state governor has been abysmal in performance to say the least.
“When you listen to the video you will hear clearly the chanting of Sai SAS, Sai SAS, Sheriff, Sheriff, Sai SAS. This is a mark of love. The aggression of the crowd was not toward Sheriff, but the security personnel who were preventing them from interacting with their respected leader.
“The government of Borno State has been playing pranks and employing his mischief to dampen the image of Ali Modu Sheriff for six years now. Tact and tactics of different types continue unabated but they always fail.
“Event after event in Mauduguri have proven Sheriff as the indefatigable leader of his people, a good example was during the wedding of his daughter earlier this year, Mauduguri was closed for two days as people of all works of life came to celebrate the man, Sheriff.
“Alas, 2019 is at hand and Governor Shetima will have cause to produce a report card, off course there will be no surprises. In Mauduguri, Governor Shetima cannot walk free on the street, while Sheriff walks freely every day. In Mauduguri, the citizens know that Governor Shetima is the Boko Haram boss and the keeper of Chibok Girls.
“In Mauduguri, the citizen know that Sheriff left N58 billion in the treasury when he left office, but that Shetima converted it all into personal use. The good people of Mauduguri and Nigeria in general are hereby advised to discountenance the fake video.”
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