Former Governor
of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has replied the allegations leveled
against him in Wole Soyinka’s ‘Wage of Impunity’ article.
“Let
him first prove that he is not a cultist” – Al Modu Sheriff
Sheriff in an interview
with Punch newspaper spoke through Mr. Inuwa Bwala the Commissioner
of Information and Home Affairs under his administration Sheriff, who has
been accused of funding the operations of the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram,
said Soyinka was only entertaining Nigerians with his mastery of the English
language. In the interview he said:
“As the
‘cultist’ we know him (Soyinka) to be, being the founder of a confraternity for
which the world is still waiting for answers from him, he is the least morally
qualified to speak on the alleged involvement of any Nigerian in whatever
crime. We
challenge him to name this person he says he knows as a sponsor of Boko Haram
in the Central Bank, if he is as patriotic as he claims to be. We also
challenge him to prove to Nigerians that he is not the cultist we have always
known him to be. No
security agency anywhere or an individual who claims to have investigated this
matter independently can dictate to Nigerians or our security personnel what to
do about this Boko Haram menace. Therefore, this needless diversion is
unwelcome”.
No comments:
Post a Comment