Former Borno State Governor and Senator, Ali Sheriff, has urged the Federal Government to strengthen regional alliances with neighbouring countries as a step towards ending the Boko Haram insurgency.
sheriff stressed that lasting peace in Nigeria’s northeast could not be achieved without meaningful cooperation with neighbouring states.
he recalled that during his tenure as governor , people mistakenly assumed the insurgency was a Borno issue.
Sheriff says that “local actors were being financed and manipulated under religious pretexts,” saying that external forces were involved in destabilizing Nigeria during his administration.