Sheriff, has said he has nothing to do with the
dreaded Boko Haram sect and associating
him with them was a ploy by his detractors to
tarnish his image.
The former governor, who expressed shock over the
report, described it as senseless and baseless.
He said if the Australian negotiator was truly a
professional mediator or negotiator, the right thing
for him to do would have been to give his report to the
security agencies of Nigeria.
Sheriff said if at all he spoke with Boko Haram,
before he went public with his views, he would have
contacted him for his own reaction.
According to the former governor who spoke with
New Telegraph, Boko Haram activities started in
Borno State before he became the governor of the
state and he was one of their first victims, while
adding that his activities while he was governor
showed that he was against the sect.
He explained: "I was the first victim of Boko Haram
in Borno State. In their first attack, they killed my
brother, the same father and mother with me. That
was when they fought with the military in Borno.
"The first casualty was me. Then, they killed my
cousin. They killed my candidate for governorship,
they killed my party chairman. Two of them were
direct relations of mine. Why did they do that?
Because I made a law, prohibiting Boko Haram in
the domain of Borno State."
Sheriff said anybody associating him with the
dreaded sect must be insane.
Ali Modu Sheriff born in 1956 in Ngala Town, Ngala
Local Government Area, Borno State was elected
governor of Borno Sate in April 2003 on the platform
of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). He was the
first governor in Borno state to win the seat two
consecutive times.
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