Alleged character assassination: Gov Lawal’s spokesman to apologize or face court docket motion

A Human Rights Activist, Dr. Suleiman Shuaibu Shinkafi, has blasted the spokesman to Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, Mustapha Ja’afaru Kaura, for allegedly making inciting comments against the Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle and Senator AbdulAzeez Yari.

Shinkafi gave the spokesman seven days to publicly apologize in writing or face court action.

In a telephone interview with DAILY POST in Kaduna on Sunday, the activist said, “We will not fold our hands and watch the spokesman to the Governor insulting our statesmen who have served the state as governors and are still serving the country in different capacities.

“He (spokesman) should tender his apology in writing within seven days or face a serious legal action against him. I strongly believe the governor did not send him to do such nasty thing against the two senior citizens of the state nor will the governor whom l know very well ever come out and publicly criticize the elder statesmen in the manner Mustapha Ja’afaru Kaura has done.

“It is purely character assassination and we will not allow such act to continue in the state.”

Shinkafi observed that what the spokesman did is purely unacceptable in a civilized society, stressing that elders should be respected because they are valuable to the society and are doing a lot to enhance the living standards of the people in the state.