Sokoto: Tambuwal blows hot over ‘plot to stop his second term inauguration’

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Sokoto: Tambuwal blows hot over ‘plot to stop his second term inauguration’

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has vowed to resist any attempt to stop his inauguration for second term in office.

In a statement yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties, Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, the governor alleged of plots to cause political chaos in the state.

He said that certain individuals were spreading lies and creating confusion that the court was going to remove him from office and give power to the APC.

Tambuwal added that his posters along Birnin Kebbi Road, Maiduguri Road, Airport Road and some other areas within the metropolis had been removed and replaced with those of the APC governorship candidate.

Tambuwal stressed that only legal means could stop his government.

The statement reads, “Election is over, we have won the election and we have offered a hand of fellowship, we asked them to come so that we develop Sokoto State, they refused and went to court, why can’t they allow the court to pass its verdict?

“You can’t take your case to court and start making political noise and telling people lies when even the court has not started its own assignment.

“We are still in the process of pre-hearing, we didn’t even get to the time witnesses are called to testify on the election manipulation they alleged, yet they have started going round telling people lies, especially in the rural areas, they want to show that government is coming to them.”

The governor advised the opposition to allow the court to do their work.

He continued, “PDP in Sokoto is not looking for any backdoor judgement. You allow the court to do what is needful, we have confidence in court because we won election with divine intervention.”

He called on law enforcement agencies in Sokoto to stop what he described as political rascality in Sokoto State.

“We don’t want any political crisis, we don’t want any tension in Sokoto, Sokoto people are peace-loving, we call on security agents to investigate and find out the sponsors of the political rascality in the state,” he said.

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ACF speaks on splitting of Sokoto emirate

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ACF speaks on splitting of Sokoto emirate

 

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said it would not be surprised if the Sokoto State Government decides to split its emirates.

Anthony Sani, Secretary-General of ACF, expressed this fear in a chat with The Interview, a political magazine.

Recall that the Kano State government had created four new emirates as follows: Gaya, Bichi, Karaye and Rano; bringing the total number of Emirates in the state to five.

Asked if he thought Sokoto, the last emirate standing, would also be broken up, Sani said: “I cannot tell precisely because governance and traditions of society are dynamic and in a state of flux.

“If language, which is emblematic of culture, is dynamic, traditional institution is subject to change.

“There will be nothing exotic or quixotic if such changes take place in Sokoto State,” he said.

Sani said that breaking up spheres of traditional influence, even in Kano, was not new.

“Governor Abubakar Rimi (former Kano State governor) did it before

“It was President Buhari in his first coming as military head of state that reversed it,” he said.

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Sokoto: Bandits kill 82-yrs old village head, set police station on fire

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Sokoto: Bandits kill 82-yrs old village head, set  police station on fire

 

82-year-old district head of Balle, Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Ibrahim Aliyu has been killed by armed bandits.

The district head was reportedly killed after gunmen came on six motorcycles and rapidly set the divisional police headquarters in the area, patrol cars and some personal vehicles on fire.

According to Daily Trust, an unidentified policeman was also gunned down along Karfen Sarki area.

An eyewitness said the attackers invaded the area around 4pm on Tuesday and continued wreaking havoc until some minutes after 5pm.

“The whole area was thrown into commotion with people fleeing into the nearby bush for safety including my wives and children, the attackers stormed the house of the district head after setting the police station on fire.

“They scaled through the fence of the house because it was locked, dragged the district head, who was at the time resting in his room, outside and shot him dead.

“It is like they came with a mission to attack the station and kill the district head and we are suspecting they were led by an insider who is conversant with the area because this is the first time we experienced such an attack,” he said.

Honourable Faruk Balle, member representing the area at the State House of Assembly, who confirming the attack, said they were all shocked because Balle used to be the most peaceful area in the state.

He called on the government to take decisive measures that would end banditry in the country.

The late district head is survived by two wives, eight children and many grand children. He has been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

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Man Arraigned To Court For Alleged Homosexuality

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Man Arraigned To Court For Alleged Homosexuality

 

A Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 36-year-old guard, Usman Mohammed, over alleged homosexual act with an underage boy.

Mohammed who resides in Tsingalawa Area of Gada Local Government Area is facing a one-count charge of unnatural offence.

The Prosecutor, Nasiru Auta, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 3.

Auta said that the accused lured the minor into a room where he worked as a guard and had canal knowledge of him against the order of nature.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Chief Magistrate, Abubakar Adamu, said the court lacked jurisdiction over the matter.

He, however, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.

Adamu adjourned the case until May 17 for mention and possible transfer to a court of competent jurisdiction.

                                                  

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