Former Deputy Governor of Borno State, Hon. Adamu Dibal
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
The former Deputy Governor of Borno State, Hon. Adamu Dibal has debunked media reports which was attributed to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Saad III, against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Hon. Dibal also asserted that the statement was fake and fabricated by mischief makers, who are aimed at smearing the image and integrity of the royal father.
He added that there was never a time the Sultan of Sokoto said such a thing, neither can he say so as a highly respected traditional leader.
Hon. Dibal, who stated this on Thursday in a telephone conversation with our correspondent in Maiduguri, noted that, “I was even in a meeting with the Sultan of Sokoto yesterday Wednesday and His Eminence never said such a thing.”
“All these are fake news and fabricated stories by some paid journalists who we learnt recently that that have been hired to engage in political write ups against political opponents and rivals purposely to rubbish the integrity and political ambitions of some politicians.
“And this is one of them as far as we are concerned and we shall not tolerate such if the mischief makers will not stop at that and rather engage in politically campaign based issues in the overall interest of our democracy.
” We as politicians, who have the interest of the people at heart can not fold our arms and just watch people writing anything and just send or post it on social media without checks and knowing the implications and consequences of what they are doing or saying”, Dibal said.
He further cautioned journalists to be careful and watchful of these elements who conspired to truncate the forthcoming general elections instead of entrenching the nascent democracy.
” You people as journalists should know this is the time these kind of politicians will like to do everything possible within their reach to make sure that things never work fine and successful if it is not in their favor including the social media handlers and influences, ” Dibal added.
