At the presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State today January 29, Naja’atu accused Shettima of heading the Boko Haram terrorist outfit
By Ishaya Ibrahim
A former director of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Naja’atu Mohammed, has alleged that the former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, is the leader of Boko Haram.
Naja’atu, who has now turned against her party and the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said Shettima, who is the vice presidential candidate of the APC, once had a cozy relationship with the mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State.
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Recall that on Christmas Day in 2011, more than 30 persons were killed by a suicide bomber who exploded a car bomb within the premises of St Theresa Catholic Church.
It later emerged that one Kabiru Sokoto was the mastermind of the bombing. The State Security Service (SSS) tracked the terrorist to the Borno governor’s lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, on January 14, 2012. He was arrested and handed to the police. Shettima was then the governor of Borno State.
Sokoto later escaped from police custody but was re-arrested a month later in Taraba state.
At the presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State today January 29, Naja’atu accused Shettima of heading the Boko Haram terrorist outfit, citing Kabiru Sokoto’s arrest at the lodge of the Borno State government as proof.
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