Sheriff Washes Hands Off Detained Plane

Former Governor of Borno state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Monday distanced himself from the arms-laden plane detained at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.

The former governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was reported to have paid a visit to the Kano Airport at the weekend to lobby for the release of the plane that was said to be on its way to Chad to offload a large cache of arms.

Sheriff said in a statement made available to Journalists in Maiduguri that the report was sponsored by his political enemies that are looking for ways of dragging him into the mud to gain political edge in the fight for the soul of Borno state…