The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima denied having any connection with the posters bearing his image and that of Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, depicting them as aspiring for the 2019 Presidency. To completely denounce the poster, Shettima wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase saying that the posters are fraudulent. Continue to read his letter with reference number BOSLO/ABJ/14/IV/407, dated May 29, 2016 and signed by Permanent Secretary in charge of the Borno Government House and Security…
"I have been directed by His Excellency, the Executive of Borno State, Kashim Shettima to bring to the IGP’s notice, dozens of fraudulently produced posters bearing his name and picture claiming he is aspiring for the 2019 Presidency. The posters have been pasted on some routes in Abuja and Kaduna.
2. Governor Kashim Shettima regards this development as a highly mischievous plot that is aimed at destabilizing the emerging peace in Borno State through creation of unnecessary political tension while on the other hand it might aim at creating gap between the Borno State Government and the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration (which just marked it’s first year in office) with a wicked agenda of undermining the current cohesion between the two arms of Government working together in the last one year for the collective goal of ending the Boko Haram insurgency.