Below is a press statement by the
Media aide of Borno state governor,
Kashim Shettima, discrediting an
allegation made by Femi Fani-Kayode
about the governor over the murder of
an ANPP
political candidate during the
2011 elections
"The latest media attack by
controversial Chief Femi Fani
Kayode issued on Tuesday, March
10, 2015 has once again exposed
him as the dubious liar that he
was, he is and will forever be
when he claimed that Governor
Kashim Shettima became
candidate of the ANPP in 2011
after the party's flag bearer
Fannami Gubio was killed because
Shettima came second at the
ANPP Governorship primary
election that was won by Gubio
before he was killed, meaning
Shettima stood to benefit from
Gubio's killing.
For the sake of putting records in proper
perspective and in order to expose
Kayode's deliberate falsehood, Governor
Kashim Shettima did not participate in
the primary election that produced
Modu Fannami Gubio as candidate of
the ANPP ahead of the 2011
Governorship elections in Borno. This
contradicts Kayode's statement
yesterday giving an impression that
Shettima was second at a primary
election that was won by Gubio and so
he naturally benefited from Gubio's
assassination. Of course, the aim is to
mischievously link Shettima with Gubio's
killing and this is to support the ongoing
propaganda of the billionaire Ex-
Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu
Sheriff and the PDP aligned to him to
score cheap point ahead of the April 11,
Governorship elections. But then, could
it be that Kayode was handsomely paid
to further that propaganda?
"Well, for the record, the late Gubio
contested the 2011 ANPP Governorship
primary election with Alhaji Adamu
Yuguda Dibal who was the sitting deputy
Governor of Borno State under Governor
Ali Modu Sheriff. The election held in
January, 2011 at Foreshams Hall, a
rented event venue, associated with
wife of Governor Sheriff, located at
Dipcharima road, old G.R.A in
Maiduguri. Deputy Governor Dibal and
Gubio were the only two aspirants that
contested that ANPP Governorship
primary elections held at night and
Gubio won with 515 votes while the
deputy Governor, Dibal got 169 votes. A
total of 709 votes were cast by
delegates at the primary election that
held at Foreshams Hall. This information
can be verified from the google search
engine and any journalist in Borno State
can confirm that. In fact, about two
months before the primary elections,
Kashim Shettima was one of the four
ANPP chieftains that openly declared he
had no intention to contest the 2011
Governorship elections, when he was
called to speak at an ANPP stakeholders
meeting held at the multi purpose hall
of the Government House, Maiduguri
around November in 2011, which was
presided over by then Governor Ali
Modu Sheriff and everyone in Borno
knows this. Shettima was not among
the first three most likely persons to
secure the ANPP Governorship ticket
either before Gubio's death of after he
was killed. Shettima was actually new in
the ANPP since he joined the Borno
Executive Council only in 2007 as
Commissioner of Finance appointed
from his position as a General Manager
in Zenith Bank.
"Ahead of the 2011 Governorship
elections in Borno State, the current
Governorship candidate of the PDP in
Borno, Alhaji Mohammed Imam was the
most likely person to be anointed by
Sheriff and everyone knows that Imam
was working to marry Sheriff's daughter
and be anointed the Governorship
candidate as he was about the closest
commissioner to Sheriff's immediate
family but it was later learnt, Sheriff's
extended family opposed Imam's choice
before the primary election that was
won by Fannami Gubio. So, one could
easily say that he stood the clear chance
of being anointed by Sheriff but it will
be reckless to link Imam with Gubio's
death the same way Fani Kayode did.
We are not like him. After Gubio was
killed on Friday, 28 of January, 2011,
Shettima naturally didn't stand the
chance of emerging candidate because
he didn't take part at the primaries with
Gubio contrary to Femi Fani Kayode's
fabrication that any curious person can
immediately search through the google
search engine through political archives
in any media house that reported the
Borno Governorship elections.
"Around February 7, 2011, stakeholders
of the ANPP at an emergency meeting,
decided to settle for Kashim Shettima as
a neutral person that showed no
desperation towards the Governorship
and also because Shettima had over the
years built tremendous goodwill due to
his kindness and generosity to all
categories of people in Borno State
since his days as branch manager of
Zenith bank in Maiduguri whose bank
was the number one financial institution
dealing with numerous public and
private accounts. After Shettima was
adopted by ANPP stakeholders, his
nomination was affirmed by delegates at
another primary election that held in
February, 2011 and nobody contested
against him, including the Deputy
Governor that came second in the first
primary election that produced Gubio.
The reason was because most
stakeholders liked Shettima's absolute
humility, harmlessness, friendliness and
kindness and he has maintained such
unique attributes till date and this is
why, 90 percent of the defunct ANPP
(now APC) stakeholders including those
that were very close to Sheriff refused
to abandon Shettima for the PDP. They
remained with Shettima instead of
crossing over to PDP with Sheriff in
2014. We please advise ignorant Kayode
to do some research before making
statements so that he doesn't keep
embarrassing our President and the
PDP. Femi Fani Kayode seem to be one
that knows very little and thinks he
knows so much. He should know that he
speaks for the Presidency and not his
ignorant self, he should learn to take
very little time to get his facts right. We
understand the extent of hatred he has
built in his desperate heart for no
reason but he should control the hatred
and at least say what he can defend not
making dubious falsehoods that keep
exposing him. Being a spokesman goes
beyond speaking Queen's English, it is
about accuracy that should earn one the
trust of his listeners," the statement
read.
Media aide of Borno state governor,
Kashim Shettima, discrediting an
allegation made by Femi Fani-Kayode
about the governor over the murder of
an ANPP
political candidate during the
2011 elections
"The latest media attack by
controversial Chief Femi Fani
Kayode issued on Tuesday, March
10, 2015 has once again exposed
him as the dubious liar that he
was, he is and will forever be
when he claimed that Governor
Kashim Shettima became
candidate of the ANPP in 2011
after the party's flag bearer
Fannami Gubio was killed because
Shettima came second at the
ANPP Governorship primary
election that was won by Gubio
before he was killed, meaning
Shettima stood to benefit from
Gubio's killing.
For the sake of putting records in proper
perspective and in order to expose
Kayode's deliberate falsehood, Governor
Kashim Shettima did not participate in
the primary election that produced
Modu Fannami Gubio as candidate of
the ANPP ahead of the 2011
Governorship elections in Borno. This
contradicts Kayode's statement
yesterday giving an impression that
Shettima was second at a primary
election that was won by Gubio and so
he naturally benefited from Gubio's
assassination. Of course, the aim is to
mischievously link Shettima with Gubio's
killing and this is to support the ongoing
propaganda of the billionaire Ex-
Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu
Sheriff and the PDP aligned to him to
score cheap point ahead of the April 11,
Governorship elections. But then, could
it be that Kayode was handsomely paid
to further that propaganda?
"Well, for the record, the late Gubio
contested the 2011 ANPP Governorship
primary election with Alhaji Adamu
Yuguda Dibal who was the sitting deputy
Governor of Borno State under Governor
Ali Modu Sheriff. The election held in
January, 2011 at Foreshams Hall, a
rented event venue, associated with
wife of Governor Sheriff, located at
Dipcharima road, old G.R.A in
Maiduguri. Deputy Governor Dibal and
Gubio were the only two aspirants that
contested that ANPP Governorship
primary elections held at night and
Gubio won with 515 votes while the
deputy Governor, Dibal got 169 votes. A
total of 709 votes were cast by
delegates at the primary election that
held at Foreshams Hall. This information
can be verified from the google search
engine and any journalist in Borno State
can confirm that. In fact, about two
months before the primary elections,
Kashim Shettima was one of the four
ANPP chieftains that openly declared he
had no intention to contest the 2011
Governorship elections, when he was
called to speak at an ANPP stakeholders
meeting held at the multi purpose hall
of the Government House, Maiduguri
around November in 2011, which was
presided over by then Governor Ali
Modu Sheriff and everyone in Borno
knows this. Shettima was not among
the first three most likely persons to
secure the ANPP Governorship ticket
either before Gubio's death of after he
was killed. Shettima was actually new in
the ANPP since he joined the Borno
Executive Council only in 2007 as
Commissioner of Finance appointed
from his position as a General Manager
in Zenith Bank.
"Ahead of the 2011 Governorship
elections in Borno State, the current
Governorship candidate of the PDP in
Borno, Alhaji Mohammed Imam was the
most likely person to be anointed by
Sheriff and everyone knows that Imam
was working to marry Sheriff's daughter
and be anointed the Governorship
candidate as he was about the closest
commissioner to Sheriff's immediate
family but it was later learnt, Sheriff's
extended family opposed Imam's choice
before the primary election that was
won by Fannami Gubio. So, one could
easily say that he stood the clear chance
of being anointed by Sheriff but it will
be reckless to link Imam with Gubio's
death the same way Fani Kayode did.
We are not like him. After Gubio was
killed on Friday, 28 of January, 2011,
Shettima naturally didn't stand the
chance of emerging candidate because
he didn't take part at the primaries with
Gubio contrary to Femi Fani Kayode's
fabrication that any curious person can
immediately search through the google
search engine through political archives
in any media house that reported the
Borno Governorship elections.
"Around February 7, 2011, stakeholders
of the ANPP at an emergency meeting,
decided to settle for Kashim Shettima as
a neutral person that showed no
desperation towards the Governorship
and also because Shettima had over the
years built tremendous goodwill due to
his kindness and generosity to all
categories of people in Borno State
since his days as branch manager of
Zenith bank in Maiduguri whose bank
was the number one financial institution
dealing with numerous public and
private accounts. After Shettima was
adopted by ANPP stakeholders, his
nomination was affirmed by delegates at
another primary election that held in
February, 2011 and nobody contested
against him, including the Deputy
Governor that came second in the first
primary election that produced Gubio.
The reason was because most
stakeholders liked Shettima's absolute
humility, harmlessness, friendliness and
kindness and he has maintained such
unique attributes till date and this is
why, 90 percent of the defunct ANPP
(now APC) stakeholders including those
that were very close to Sheriff refused
to abandon Shettima for the PDP. They
remained with Shettima instead of
crossing over to PDP with Sheriff in
2014. We please advise ignorant Kayode
to do some research before making
statements so that he doesn't keep
embarrassing our President and the
PDP. Femi Fani Kayode seem to be one
that knows very little and thinks he
knows so much. He should know that he
speaks for the Presidency and not his
ignorant self, he should learn to take
very little time to get his facts right. We
understand the extent of hatred he has
built in his desperate heart for no
reason but he should control the hatred
and at least say what he can defend not
making dubious falsehoods that keep
exposing him. Being a spokesman goes
beyond speaking Queen's English, it is
about accuracy that should earn one the
trust of his listeners," the statement
read.
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