Modu Sheriff Storms Maiduguri, Escorted By 200 Soldiers

Category: Nigerian National News


Alleged Boko Haram financier and former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, arrived Maiduguri, the state capital, yesterday, with over 200 soldiers in his convoy.

He was in town to pay a condolence visit to a friend and political associate, who lost his mother.
The ex-governor, who recently announced his impending defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, is not new to controversy as last July, the military authorities, purportedly acting on instructions from the Presidency, opened the Maiduguri Airport, which was closed to civilian use, solely to allow Sheriff’s jet land.

Last week, he showed up in meetings in Chad with President Goodluck Jonathan and his Chadian counterpart, Idriss Deby, despite being supposedly under investigation by the State Security Services for allegedly sponsoring terrorism.

Mr. Sheriff, who landed at the Maiduguri Airport Monday afternoon to a mammoth crowd of supporters, reportedly burst into tears at the overwhelming show of support from Borno people, who have been at the receiving end of a prolonged Boko Haram insurgency.


The ex-governor later proceeded to condole with the family of Kashim Imam, over the loss of their matriarch.

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