Former Borno State Governor Ali Sheriff Purchases $72m Top-Of-The-Range Private Jet

FORMER Borno State governor Ali Modu Sheriff has just purchased a top-of-the-range Gulfstream G650 private jet at a whopping cost of N11.5bn ($72m) bringing the total number of aircrafts in his private fleet to four.

Alhaji Sheriff, 57, severed as governor between 2003 and 2011 and has been widely blamed for allowing Boko Haram to take root in Nigeria as it was during his tenure that the terrorist sect grew in Borno State. Since leaving office, however, Governor Sheriff has taken refuge in Dubai amid fears that he may be targeted for elimination by Boko Haram.
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