I’ll expose any mischief, gossip against my successor- Shettima

Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima on Wednesday threatened to expose any politician in the state who makes ‘the slightest attempt’ to gossip the incoming Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum before and after May 29.

 The Governor said he not only chase gossipers away but he will expose them to the incoming Governor.

Shettima sounded the warning ‎at the swearing-in of caretaker chairmen for the 27 local government areas of Borno state which held at the Government House, Maiduguri.

‎”I will like to sound a strong warning to all of us gathered here. My tenure of office, ends in just 21 days. Let no caretaker chairman or anyone for that matter, expect that proximity to me will be license to go overboard before and after May 29.

“I will not support anyone against my successor. I will not allow anyone undermine the authority of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and Usman Kadafur. Insha’Allah, I shall always be on the side of my successor. Perhaps, I should use this forum to announce that the worst act anybody will exhibit is to make the slightest attempt of criticizing Professor Zulum within fifty meters around me.

 “I will not tolerate anyone (no matter who that person might be) that attempts to come before me and say anything bad about the Governor-elect and his Deputy. Discussing them negatively will be a no-go- area. If anyone attempts it, I will not only send that person away but I will make sure I inform the Governor. I believe this step is the surest way to bar mischief makers from coming to destabilize our peace, our unity and continuity of progress” Shettima said.

“The Governor ‎also told the new chairmen whose appointment is for six months tenure to prepare their minds for a new chief executive within the next one month.”

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