Sheriff denies links with Boko Haram

Embattled factional Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and  ex-Governor of  Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has denied that he is the sponsor of Boko Haram, describing the allegation as “rubbish” insisting he is one of the biggest victims of the terrorists’ organization.

Alimodu-Sheriff Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Borno State, Hon. Kaka Shehu Lawan had accused Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff of being responsible for the growth of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, saying he should be arrested and prosecuted.

He spoke on Tuesday August 23 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 with Vanguard, 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 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. ” We advice him to go and read the history of the emergence of Boko Haram so that he will be saved from going before his fellow lawyers and engaging in this macabre dance” he said.

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