Newly appointed National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu-Sheriff has denied having any ties with Boko Haram.
In
a recent interview with ThisDay, the former Borno Governor stressed
that he couldn't have been sponsoring the terrorist sect, yet they
killed his blood brother.
In the interview, he said, "Boko
Haram wanted to kill me at a time because they believed that I was the
one that reported them to President Umaru Yar’Adua to destroy their
enclave."
Continuing, he said, 'It
was after I left government that they moved to their different camps
and bushes. Why should they kill my brother? Why should they kill my
family if I am a sponsor of Boko Haram? Is there anywhere in the world
that you sponsor people to kill you?'
Ali
Modu Sheriff, however, believes that the rumour about him sponsoring the
terrorists might not be unconnected with his decision to leave the
ruling party for PDP.
'Let me give you a
typical example. Just a week ago, all the social media planted my
picture showing me with the card of APC joining the party. At that time,
nobody wrote that I was Boko Haram.
'They
said Sheriff was going back to APC; they were showing a card when we
registered with APC before I left the party. We went to our villages to
do it; that village they are showing on the social media was a village
that was taken over by Boko Haram for the past three years. So, how
could I have gone there to register?' he said.
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