The
former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has dismissed the
allegation that he is the sponsor of Boko Haram terrorist organisation
as “rubbish” saying that he is one of the biggest victims of the
organization.
Attorney-General and Commissioner of
Justice, Borno state, Hon Kaka Shehu Lawan accused Alhaji Ali Modu
Sheriff of being responsible for the growth of the dreaded Islamic
terrorist group, Boko Haram, saying he should be arrested and
prosecuted.
He spoke on Tuesday at one of the
sessions at the ongoing annual conference of the Nigerian Bar
Association, NBA, in Port Harcourt, adding that Sheriff’s over his
alleged role in the emergence of Boko Haram will assuage the feelings of
millions that have been dislocated by the terrorist actions of the
dreaded Islamic group in one way or the other.
But in an exclusive interview, Spokesman
of Sheriff, Inuwa Bwala said rather than being the sponsor of the
group, Senator Sheriff is a victim of the sect having list three of his
brothers to the terrorist group. According to Bwala, Senator Sheriff has
instructed his lawyers to take appropriate measures against the
Attorney General for the unfounded allegations.
He said officials of the present Borno
state government are “more likely people to be suspected given the fact
that at the time he left government, no public official has been accused
of being linked to the sect”
“We need to state without any fear of
contradiction that the the Attorney General is both mischievous and
being economical with the truth. He is trying to cover up the fact that
the agents of Borno Government are more likely to be sponsors of the
Boko Haram Sect. Sheriff is more vulnerable to Boko haram because he has
his three brothers killed by the sect.”
Inuwa Bwala said it is illogical for somebody who had lost three of his brothers to the sect to be their sponsor.
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