Presidential Poster: Borno Governor Petitions IG

The governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has addressed a petition to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase to investigate what he termed the origin of the presidential campaign posters depicting him and Governor Rochas Okorocha as teaming together for the 2019 presidential election. The governor insisted that the posters were the handiwork of his political enemies and were aimed towards causing animosity between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. Governor Shettima in his petition through the permanent secretary, Government House, Ahmed Sanda dated May 29, 2016 with reference number BOSLO/ABJ/14/IV/407 said, “I have been directed by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima to bring to the IGP’s notice, dozens of fraudulently produced posters bearing his name and picture claiming he is aspiring for the 2019 Presidency. The posters have been pasted on some routes in Abuja and Kaduna. “Governor Kashim Shettima regards this development as a highly mischievous plot that is aimed at destabilising the emerging peace in Borno State through creation of unnecessary political tension while on the other hand it might aim at creating gap between the Borno State Government and the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration (which just marked it’s first year in office) with a wicked agenda.”