Former Borno State governor Ali Modu Sheriff yesterday said he owed the Department of State Services (DSS) gratitude for coming out with facts that confirm his innocence over allegations that he was sponsoring Boko Haram
activities.

Sheriff said this days after the DSS paraded six persons, including a former special assistant to Borno State governor Kashim Shettima, who confessed to being the one that cooked up stories that informed the indictment of former chief of army staff General Azubuike Ihejirika and himself as sponsors, as announced by the Australian selfstyled. negotiator, Steven Davis.

“Nigerians, by now, should have been convinced about my innocence on the lies being told against my person as a major sponsor of Boko Haram, but by God’s will, no amount of attacks would deter me from taking Borno State to the right path of politics and development.”

Sheriff said he was consoled that the federal government, through the, DSS, was able to conclusively unravel the truth on the matter.

“Do I need to stress to you that the government has vindicated me as the outcome of investigations have more clearly revealed the source of the blackmail against me. Those behind the plots to smear my name are more on the spot now, going by what has happened.

“I have always said that attempts to give me a bad name will always fail. I stand by the truth and I will not relent in pursuing the truth. Let them continue to toe the line of evil against me, but rest assured that those
involved would soon burn their fingers.”

The former governor further praised the DSS for its relentless quest to unravel the mysteries behind Boko Haram, and urged Nigerians to always accord the government and security agencies the necessary cooperation they need to win the war against terrorism in the country.

Sheriff, who made these comments in an interview with newsmen yesterday, said his efforts to ensure victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State was the reason he has been constantly under attack with desperation by those he described as ‘political foes’ to link him with insurgency in the state.

LEADERSHIP Friday recalls that one of the fake Boko Haram suspects, Junaid
Idrisa Khadi, in his statement at the DSS office, said he deliberately conspired to blackmail and implicate Ali Modu Sheriff and one Mala Othoman, former state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as sponsors of the Boko Haram sect.

Khadi had said it was when the attempt failed that he sold the idea directly to Steven Davis, an Australian negotiator, that Sheriff was a sponsor of Boko Haram.

The spokesman of Borno State governor, Isa Gusau, had said in a statement
released on Tuesday that Governor Shettima condemned whatever act Khadi and
his cohorts had engaged in.

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