Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani has reacted to a string of seemingly coordinated propaganda linking former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima to the emergence of Boko Haram.
The misinformation began to spread soon after Shettima was announced as the running mate of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Shettima was a two-term governor of Borno State, the epicentre of Boko Haram insurgency.
But the emergence of the terror group 2009 and its plunge into terrorism predated his tenure which began in 2011.
Despite this fact, some social handles, mostly linked to opposition parties had begun circulating information claiming that the two time governor of Borno state was behind the emergence of Boko Haram as well as the 2014 abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State.
But Sani, who had at various times been part of efforts to tackle Boko Haram insurgency both as a lawmaker and rights activist since 2009 described the claims as mischievous.
He said the allegation surfaced because the APC presidential candidate and running mate are Muslims.
