Modu Sheriff Storms Maiduguri, Escorted By 200 Soldiers
Category: Nigerian National News
Related Posts:
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.
Related Posts:
- Local Residents Find Missing Nigeria Airforce Military Jet in Adamawa, Crashed
- Buhari Vanguard Calls For Immediate Arrest Of Oristejafor Over Arms Smuggling Scandal
- Seized Aircraft: CAN attacks El Rufai, Lai Mohammed
- How Does The Army Works? Funmi Iyanda On Soldiers Sentenced To Death For Mutiny
- 12 Nigerian soldiers who attacked GOC sentenced to death by firing squad
No comments