By Abel Daniel, Lafia
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa has continued to debunk allegations by distinguished Benue indigenes pointing accusing fingers at him and the state for harbouring killer herdsmen answerable for the huge killing of harmless residents and other people in Benue State.
Governor Sule, nonetheless, threatened to institute authorized actions towards his accusers if the statements weren’t retracted with apology.
The chief press secretary to Governor Sule, Ibrahim Addra, on the press briefing on Wednesday in Lafia, expressed unhappiness over the constant allegations by Benue indigenes accusing Governor Sule and the state authorities of harbouring killers in Benue State.
“We’re constrained to answer a sequence of allegations towards the particular person of Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule and the Authorities of the State by some distinguished little children of Benue state within the wake of the unlucky killings in that state.
“Specifically, the eye of Governor Sule who doubles because the Chairman of the North-Central Governors Discussion board has been drawn to a malicious assertion made towards his particular person and the Authorities of Nasarawa state by one Prof. Zachary Anger Gundu, a distinguished son of Benue and former Professional Chancellor/Chairman of Council, Benue State College Makurdi.
“In a viral video circulating on some social media platforms, the mentioned Prof. Gundu was heard making unguarded statements and straight accusing Governor Abdullahi A. Sule of “masking the killings in Benue state” and “forcefully taking on farmlands belonging to the Tiv folks of Nasarawa state and handing over similar to Fulani herdsmen” amongst different allegations.
“We’re dismayed that Prof. Gundu might stoop so low and throw warning to the wind by making such unsubstantiated and baseless allegations towards the Governor.
“Let or not it’s recognized that Governor Abdullahi Sule, the Authorities and other people of Nasarawa state are pained by the killings in Benue State however extremely upset by the sequence of false allegations coming from a supposed statesman and different distinguished little children of Benue State.
“Governor Sule has issued warning to his current accuser that he’s left with no possibility however to take authorized actions if apology shouldn’t be made to retract the assertion made towards him within the video making the spherical.
It’s on file that Governor Sule, within the spirit of brotherhood and good neighbourliness has continued to reveal severe concern and empathy over the unlucky killings in Benue and different elements of the North-Central area.
“We problem Prof. Gundu to show his allegations with empirical proof, detailing the place the mentioned killer herdsmen are being camped in Nasarawa State and the involvement of the Governor in such.
“Failure to show these allegations Governor Abdullahi Sule will institute authorized actions towards the previous Professional-Chancellor and his co-travellers,” he mentioned.
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