Gov. Shettima Says Aide Arrested By SSS For Alleged Ties To Boko Haram Was Appointed By Modu Sheriff Following the news that an aide to Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima and associate of Australian hostage negotiator Stephen Davis was arrested by Nigerias State Security Service (SSS) for alleged ties to Boko Haram, the state governors office has today spoken out, blaming the governors predecessor, Ali Modu Sheriff, for appointing the aide. Alhaji Junaid Idrissa Khadi was one of seven persons arrested by the SSS, which claimed that the Borno governors aide was part of a plot engineered by Davis to slander Ali Modu Sheriff and Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd.), by indicting them as Boko Haram sponsors. Initially hesitant to address Khadis arrest, Governor Shettima stated today that it was in fact Ali Modu Sheriff who initially appointed the aide during his tenure and pleaded that he be retained after he left office. While it is not the tradition of Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State to join issues with security agencies as he holds each of them in high esteem, we are concerned about an insinuation concerning the status of Khadi who was presented as an aide to Governor Kashim Shettima. We dont want to question the integrity of the security agency involved and hence can not outrightly allege political motive to bring Governor Shettima’s image to disrepute, a statement released by the governors office said today. Khadi is known to be an associate of Ex-Governor Ali Modu Sheriff. It was Sheriff as Governor of Borno State that first appointed Khadi in 2010 as one of his Special Advisers without known designation given the fact most advisers under Sheriff as Governor, had no clear jurisdiction. When Shettima succeeded Sheriff as Governor in 2011, he appointed his advisers without Khadi. Sheriff persistently requested that Shettima appoint Khadi as an Adviser in charge of Religious Affairs which Shettima later accepted in 2013, two years after other Advisers were already in office, the document furthered. While expressing deep respect for the SSS and other involved security agencies, the governor encouraged them to treat Khadi in the same manner other arrested Nigerians are subject to. Davis had previously criticized the weak response of Governor Shettima to Khadis case, claiming the current governor expressed reluctance out of fear of the SSS and Modu Sheriff.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 07:44:49 +0000
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