by Ranti Joseph
The Borno State government has debunked claims by the Director of media, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) Femi Fani-Kayode, that the state governor, Kashim Shettima, contested the 2011 governorship primaries against late Fannami Gubio, who initially emerged the candidate of the defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) before he was murdered in January 2011.
The special adviser to the governor on media, Isa Gusau, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, said Shettima was not part of the 2011 primaries that produced Gubio and therefore the governor could not have benefited from Gubio’s death as alleged by Fani-Kayode because Shettima was subsequently nominated as the ANPP candidate for the 2011 governorship election in the state.
Gusau added that this will be his last response to Femi Fani-Kayode so that he won’t risk being placed in Fani-Kayode’s category of being physically an adult and mentally an infant, saying that being a spokesman goes beyond speaking Queen’s English.
“The latest media attack by controversial Femi Fani-Kayode issued on Tuesday, March 10 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,” Gusau said.
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