Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani and Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are presently engaged in a war of words on social media.

The duo has gone as far as labelling each other as a member of terrorist group Boko Haram, as Ahmad also tagged the former lawmaker a ‘political blogger’.

The drama started when Sani, a former member of the APC who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the Senate, reacted to Buhari’s recent comment about the victims of Boko Haram insurgency.

Buhari, on Tuesday, had said 90 per cent of Boko Haram victims in the past years have been Muslims contrary to claims by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that Christians are being persecuted and are targets of the Islamic extremists.

He had said in an article published in ‘Speaking Out’, a guest opinion column for “Christianity Today” that the perception that members of the sect were always targeting Christians in Nigeria is not true.

The comment has sparked a series of reactions as CAN, former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar among others have criticised Buhari.

Reacting to Buhari’s comment, Sani took to his verified Twitter page and wrote:

“Its true that the majority of the victims of the insurgents are Muslims; it’s also true that the victims of their violence cuts across people of all faiths & of no faith; But it’s undeniable that the insurgents habour an ideologically gruesomely murderous hatred against all Christians.”

The media aide tweeted:

“Dear former Senator sir, you pretty know that those insurgents see everybody, both Christians and Muslims including you (if you’re not part of them) as completely an unbeliever. As a political ‘blogger’ please use your influence to correct the stereotype. Be a good Ambassador.”

“My Brother, just a look at my face and your face,my hair and your Goatee, the one that closely look like an Insurgent is clear. My regards Sheikh Albashiru.”

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Recall that Sani regained freedom last Thursday after spending four weeks in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

EFCC arrested the ex-lawmaker last December for failing to honour several invitations over allegations that he extorted $24,000 from the Chairman of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda.

The agency alleged that Sani extorted the money from Dauda to shield him from an ongoing criminal investigation.

See their tweets:

My Brother,just a look at my face and your face,my hair and your Goatee,the one that closely look like an Insurgent is https://t.co/Wv4cLwGu75 regards Sheikh Albashiru.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) February 6, 2020

LOL! ? the notorious Muhammed Yusuf didn’t have a goatee like me, his face wasn’t much different from yours, sir. And addressing me as Sheikh Albashiru is an honor, will never be an insult, when my knowledge makes people to recognize me as Sheikh, then I’ve made it in this life. https://t.co/3NvooM0Yq9

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) February 6, 2020