by Ogundimu Omolabake
* DSS
to quiz Alimodu Sheriff over Boko Haram sponsorship allegation
The
Department of State Security, DSS, says it will be inviting former Borno state
governor, Alimodu Sheriff, for questioning following recent allegations leveled
against him by Australian. hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, who said he's a
Boko Haram sponsor.
Speaking
at a news conference today in Abuja, spokesperson for DSS, Marilyn Ogar, said
the former governor had in the past been invited to the DSS office for
questioning over Boko Haram activities and they will be inviting him again.
Ogar also dismissed insinuations that former Army chief, Lt. Gen Azubuike
Ihejirika is a Boko Haram sponsor, describing it as untrue, uncharitable &
wicked. Find the statement after the cut.
"I
would want to say here that it is absolutely uncharitable for us as Nigerians
to reward somebody who laid down his life in pursuing this same people (Boko
Haram) for us to accept that he can in any way be associated with or seen
sponsoring the same sect he together with this service succeeded in pulling
down their activities in Kano, Okene and other parts of Nigeria to a halt and
pushing them to Sambisa forest. Its the same man we want, because he is no
longer in office, to say he is the one sponsoring the sect. I think its being
wicked. That shouldn't be the way we reward people who lay down their lives to
provide a secure environment for us. As for the former Governor, he has been
invited twice by this service and the service has also invited him again"
she said
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