Former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has debunked the accusation by an Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis, that he is one of the sponsors of Boko Haram.
Sheriff disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, saying that he was ready to face any panel over the issue, adding that he would sue the Australian negotiator.
“I have already instructed my lawyers to sue the Australian. We will track him anywhere he is so that our lawyers will get to him.”
Sheriff also described as false, an allegation that a group, ECOMOG, he founded, when he was the state governor, metamorphosed into Boko Haram
He said that a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Gen. Jeremiah Useni (retd.), who was reported to have made the statement, had denied it.
When told by a journalist that the former minister recently repeated the statement, he said if truly Useni made the claim, he should provide the evidence.
It could be recalled that the Australian negotiator was reported to be involved in a negotiation between the sect and the Federal Government for the release of 200 girls kidnapped at Chibok said
in an interview on Thursday, that he had been informed by Boko Haram commanders whom he dealt with that there were prominent politicians who had been sources of funding to Boko Haram.
“First thing to do is to arrest the former Governor Sheriff. Former Governor Sheriff has been funding this for years. He is satisfied that he will be picked up and he has now switched to the ruling party, PDP, in the hope this will give him protection.
“That guy is really a bad guy and he is known to be corrupt and why the EFCC (the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) has not picked him up is anybody’s guess,” he alleged.
