Ali Modu Sheriff founded Boko Haram - Borno State Govt Insists
The Borno State Government has insisted that the Boko Haram extremist
was created through the excesses of former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff.
It said the guerrilla warfare of the extremists ravaging the North-East
is as a result of illiteracy, bad governance and impunity of Sheriff.
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Borno State, K.S Lawan
said this in an interview with DAILY POST in Port Harcourt.
Lawan said it was sad that the Federal government was yet to apprehend
and prosecute Sheriff despite all the notorious facts available to them
about his involvement in the creation of what had become a nightmare to
the entire world.
Lawan who commended the Nigerian Military and the Local vigilante for
their continuous efforts in fighting the insurgents, said Boko Haram had
been decimated.
The Attorney-General said Boko Haram was now weakened and could no longer take any Local government in Borno state.
“Ali Modu Sheriff is a former Governor of Borno and he ruled for 8years before leaving the state in state of insecurity.
“Sheriff created one Ministry of Religious Affairs and appointed someone
who was killed during the 2009 mayhem after he was arrested alive by
the security forces.
“The insecurity that has brought us to this level in Borno is a result
of bad governance, illiteracy, lack of respect for the rule of Law and
impunity by the administration of Ali Modu Sheriff when the Federal
government at that time failed to checkmate his excesses and it has
escalated up to this level.
“Up till today, Sheriff is still moving freely with no one doing
anything about it. So, all hands must be on deck if justice must be done
to the hundreds of people that have been killed by these ruthless
insurgents.
“Sheriff should be investigated. He should be arrested and prosecuted
with all the facts available to them. There are enough notorious facts
indicting Sheriff,” Lawan said.
Reacting to the allegation, Inua Bwala who is the spokesman to Ali Modu
Sheriff said the Federal Government and the security agencies do not
have anything on Sheriff.
According to Inua, “The Attorney-General has merely made allegations
that he cannot prove. What you don’t know is that the Attorney-General
is a closer character to the Boko Haram than Ali Modu Sheriff.
“No individual or group has linked Boko Haram to Ali Modu Sheriff
anywhere. When Sheriff was Governor, no single local government was
under the control of Boko Haram in Borno state.
“Ali Modu Sheriff left Borno state when people could sleep with their both eyes closed.
“One of the Special Advisers to Governor Kashim Shettima has been paraded on television and no has said anything about it.”
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