A former director of civil society director for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Naja’atu Muhammad has urged Nigerians not to forget some of the atrocities committed by leaders vying for positions in the 2023 presidential election. Muhammad who has been very vocal, especially since she dumped the ruling party warned that the character and capability of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and his running mate should be scrutinised.

Speaking on Arise TV which was monitor by HB report, on Thursday, January 26, the former APC leader said there are security concerns surrounding the person of Kashim Shettima, the running mate to Tinubu and a former governor of Borno state.

She said.

Especially as it concerns security, you must have an enabling environment in order to do anything. So you can not take someone that is actually senile and another person that has been associated on several occasions with funding terrorism.

“Where is Kashim Shettima? Kashim Shettima we should not forget, Kabiru Sokoto was one of the most wanted terrorists and he was found and arrested in his house.”

Kabiru Umar Abubakar Dikko popularly known as Kabiru Sokoto was convicted by the court for being the mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of the St Theresa Roman Catholic Church on 25 December 2011 in Madalla, Niger State.

Also stating that terrorism is a huge enterprise controlled by leaders and governors across states in the northern region, Muhammad said those in authority now connive with foreign mercenaries to establish acts of terrorism in their environment.

She said:

“Let us understand and let us not forget that this terrorism, carnage and banditry is not just happening by mistake; it is a multi-billion dollar industry because it takes a lot of money on the defence budget. It has a lot to do with the sale of drug, mining and illegal bunkering.