Sheriff
Former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, has shed more light on the Boko Haram militancy currently plaguing some parts of the country, stressing that only the neighbouring Republic of Chad could help solve the menace.
The ex-governor accused of being a sponsor of the terrorist sect while being interviewed on BBC Hausa Service programme (Gane Mini Hanya) on Saturday and monitored in Abuja, denied allegations that Boko Haram started during his tenure as governor between 2003 and 2011, saying the radical islamist sect actually started in Yobe State in 1992.
Sheriff, who said he was passionate about restoring peace to Borno, maintained that his resolve to find a lasting solution to insurgency in the region has seen him holding talks with the Chadian government.
The governor, who would not say how Chad could possibly help in resolving the crisis, noted that as one of the few politicians to have benefitted greatly from the kindness of Borno State, he is doing whatever it is to help solve the insurgency.
His words, “Nothing preoccupies my mind in Nigeria presently like the return of peace in Borno. When Borno State was peaceful, there was no place I cherished to stay in the world like Maiduguri. I, my friends, my confidants, my parents and all the schools I attended are in Maiduguri.
“Therefore, I am more concerned than anybody in this country, because what Borno State did for me has not been done to any other indigene. You know, in Borno State, a governor has never been re-elected apart from me; in Borno State, no senator has ever been elected thrice apart from me. So, Borno people have done everything for me, and there is no one in this world that I know other than Chad, which I think could help Borno,” he posited.
Restating that claims of him being behind Boko Haram remains a frame up, Sheriff said: “They defamed my character, and when they started it, I once told journalists that it was plotted in Maiduguri. We know the plotters, their motives, and that by the grace of God, the truth will prevail; and now, the arrested impostors have said it all to the world.”
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