Ex Borno State governor Ali Modu
Sheriff made serious disclosures
about Boko Haram sect and said
who can help with security
situation in Nigeria. Ali Modu Sheriff It would be recalled that Senator
Sheriff was in the center of the scandal
that was started this year by Australian
negotiator Stephen Davis, who named
the politician as one of Boko Haram
sponsors. READ ALSO: Ex-Gov Sheriff Is Close Friend Of Late Boko Haram Leader –
Jonathan Earlier this week, however, the news
broke out that Sheriff had been fully cleared, with the Nigerian Secret Service saying that Davis and his
associates were fraudsters aimed at
discrediting Nigeria’s authorities. According to Leadership, Sheriff spoke
Sunday, December 21, with BBC Hausa
in Abuja narrating all he new about
the dreaded sect. The former governor of the state,
badly affected by insurgency, denied
reports saying that Boko Haram
started during his tenure (2003-2011)
. According to him, the sect actually
started in Yobe State in 1992 and he tried to solve the problem by different
means. READ ALSO: Boko Haram: I’ve Been Vindicated – Sheriff Thanks DSS “This is not true. The Boko Haram
issue did not start during my tenure. If
you don’t know, let me educate you
today. Boko Haram started in 1992 at
Kalama in Yobe State, and at that time,
I was not a governor. So, if anybody tells you it started during my tenure,
he may be part of my traducers. But
the truth is that it didn’t start during
my tenure.” The senator stressed that Chad could
possibly help Nigeria with solving the
insurgency problem, however he kept
mute on how it could be achieved. “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. READ ALSO: How Much They Paid Me To Indict Sheriff As Boko Haram
Sponsor – Suspect “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.” Reacting to the “Boko Haram sponsor”
saga, Sheriff expressed confidence
that it had been an orchestrated plot
by Borno tops to defame his character. “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.” It would be recalled that the Federal
Government and Boko Haram were
reported to have concluded a ceasefire agreement October 17 in
Chad . The deal later turned out to be fake
as it was followed by numerous
attacks and kidnaps by the sect. President Goodluck Jonathan visited
Chad twice earlier this year in order to
find a lasting solution. However, GEJ came under attacks after Sheriff, at that
time alleged Boko Haram sponsor, had
been spotted at the high-level meeting
with him and Chadian president Idriss Derby. Meanwhile Isa Gusau, the spokesman
of Borno State governor, Kashim
Shettima, responded to Sheriff’s claims
that the state authorities wanted to
tarnish his image. “Governor Kashim Shettima has
nothing to gain from the allegation
against Ali Sheriff. In fact, to him, it is
even shameful that a Borno State
indigene, whom the governor has
interacted or is connected with, is linked to what is happening. So,
Governor Shettima’s connection with
this saga is unnecessary.” Boko Haram have recently intensified
their attacks in the North-East of the
country. www.naij.com