Governor Kashim Shettima insists on Amnesty for Boko Haram

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday once again asked that the federal government grant pardon through a programme of amnesty to Boko Haram members

According to Thisday, Shettima's support for an amnesty programme for the terrorist group was re-emphasised at an interactive session organised by his Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Mallam Isa Gusau, with selected journalists in Abuja. 

Gusau said Shettima's call was scientific and had been vindicated by a very desperate effort of Boko Haram leaders to stop their fighters from leaving their fold when a group of 16 members renounced the sect's ideology in Borno State following which they were slaughtered by the sect's leaders.

He said: "Governor Kashim Shettima was misunderstood by many Nigerians when in his May 29 inaugural remarks revisited his stance on the need to apply a political solution to fighting the Boko Haram by way of granting a window to admit those willing to surrender their arms and renounce the Boko Haram ideology.

Borno Denies Reports about Alleged Nomination of Chibok Principal as Commissioner

The Borno State government on Thursday denied an online media report on the alleged nomination of Asabe Kwambura, the principal of Government Secondary School (GSS) Chibok, as a commissioner by Gov. Kashim Shettima.

Mallam Isa Gusau, the Special Adviser on Communications Strategy to Shettima, in a statement in Maiduguri, described the report as`”a mischievous joke”.

“In the last one week, we have noticed a very strange information being circulated by some online media platforms claiming that Shettima had nominated Asabe Kwambura, the Principal of GSS, Chibok for the post of the Commissioner of Education.

President Buhari's Entourage To The G7 Summit in Germany.

The former Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Raji Fashola and current governor of Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima are part of President Buhari's entourage to the G7 summit in Germany.