Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto
State has cautioned politicians in the state against reckless statements
capable of heating up polity.
Tambuwal’s position contained in
a statement signed by Alhaji Yusuf Dingiadi, his Senior Special Assistant on
Special Duties, urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to
desist from peddling rumours and propaganda on social media platforms.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),
quoted Alhaji Isa Sadiq, Chairman, Sokoto State Chapter of the APC, as telling
newsmen recently that the party would soon retrieve, “at all cost”, its
governorship mandate “stolen by the PDP”.
Sadiq had averred that Tambuwal’s
claims that federal powers were deployed against him were “deluded and
misplaced outcries that are inefficacious, just as they are immaterial and
ineffectual”.
But Tambuwal’s aide said: “The
APC leaders have formed a habit of spreading falsehood on social media
platforms. Government will soon begin to take legal action unless the
politicians instigating the media propaganda and hate speech desist.
“Their activities, if left
unchecked, will undermine the peace of the state.
“Sokoto is a peaceful state. We
will no longer allow propagandists to toy with its peaceful co-existence,” he
said.
The governor’s aide advised the
APC to pursue its petition at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and
“stop distracting the legal process with propaganda”.
“Since the party has already
filed a case at the tribunal, it should allow the tribunal to decide. It should
not pre-empt the tribunal. It should wait for its verdict and keep the peace
while doing so.
“Alternatively, APC should start
preparing for 2023 election, instead of fanning embers of disunity using the
social media because the people of Sokoto have spoken through the ballot box.”
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