Group Threatens to Shut Down Northeast if Sheriff is not Arrested A group of Borno indigenes has threatened a mass protest that will shut down the northeast if former governor of Borno state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, is not arrested within the next seven days for his suspected complicity in the Boko Haram saga. lt said on Monday the federal government effort at ending the insurgency in the Northeast would terminate in futility as long as Sheriff, is walking freely on Nigerian streets, The group, Borno Patriots, said in a press statement signed by its Chairman, Ibrahim Modu, and Secretary, Samuel Mshelizza, that the former governor will not allow the military to end the insurgency as he will continue to sabotage such move. They said: If he is not arrested within seven days, we shall lead a mass protest of all members in the north east and widows of soldiers to shut down the northeast. We can no longer allow SAS to dance on the graves of Boko Haram victims and add salt to the injury of grieving mothers. The group said: Senator Ali Sheriffs visit to Kano to negotiate the release of the seized plane containing ammunition is an insult on the people of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa and Nigerians in general choking under the cloak of the insurgency who are being killed and maimed daily. His acceptance of the fact that he was in Kano at the time in question is a mockery of the Chibok girls and their suffering parents.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:28:34 +0000