Afrigather The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has denied experiences alleging that one of many sons has been arrested and sentenced to jail for the homicide of some Indian residents.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE
Naijaonpoint experiences that there have been unverified rumours, particularly on social media platforms, alleging that the primary son of the governor, Umar Zulum Umara, killed the Chinese language nationwide throughout a struggle at an Indian nightclub.
Nonetheless, the Senior Particular Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, dismissed the experiences in a press release on Wednesday.
Based on him, no son of the governor was arrested or charged with any crime.
The assertion learn,“consideration of the Borno State Governor’s Media Unit has been drawn to rumours circulating that the son of the Borno State Governor has been arrested for the alleged homicide of some Indian residents.
“This misinformation was printed in a web-based weblog, Nairaland, titled “Son of Borno State Governor Murders Somebody In India—Politics.” The weblog claimed that the Governor additionally travelled to India, making an attempt to make use of diplomatic standing to resolve the matter.
“It’s on document that Governor Babagana Zulum was on a one-month trip in Saudi Arabia for the 2024 Hajj and later travelled to Egypt to attend the annual ASUWAN discussion board convention in Cairo.
“The Media Unit wish to make clear and set the document straight that Nairaland and different on-line blogs have mischievously unfold defamatory content material with none speck of reality.
“We hereby warned Nairaland and all those that have unfold the false info to tug down this misinformation from its web site and platforms inside the subsequent 24 hours and supply an unreserved apology to Governor Zulum, his son, and your complete household, or danger authorized motion. The Governor shall additionally not hesitate to take authorized motion towards any media outlet that continues to publicise this defamatory info on its platform.
“We wish to inform the general public that none of Governor’s Zulum’s son was both arrested or charged with any crime, or concerned in any illegal actions wherever.
“We urge the general public to train warning when consuming and sharing info, significantly when it comes from unverified sources and blogs as an alternative of credible media shops.
“We enjoin all media organisations to have interaction in accountable journalism of reality and factual verification whereas recognising the potential hurt and psychological trauma the unfold of false info might need brought on to the Governor’s household.”>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE
