Nigeria: Shettima - Why I Stayed Away From APC Convention

15 June 2014

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno yesterday said he stayed away from the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention in Abuja as a mark of respect for the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. The Special Adviser to Shettima on Communication, Mallam Isa Gusau, said this in a statement he issued in Maiduguri, according to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report.

"Shettima stayed away from the Eagle Square, venue of APC national convention as a mark of respect for victims of series of Boko Haram attacks in Borno that include families of those killed across the state. "The action is also to honour parents who have remained in despair following the abduction of about 200 school girls at Government Secondary School, Chibok. The governor believes that the convention was a legitimate democratic process that must not be stopped in order to defy insurgents.

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