Aide threatens court action against those peddling lies against Tambuwal

The Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Yusuf A. Dingyadi, yesterday, threatened to sue those peddling lies against his principal.

Dingyadi who stated this in Kaduna, said they would not allow propagandists to toil with the peaceful co-existence in Sokoto State established over the years.

“They should desist from sending their foot soldiers to be writing nonsense on social media because they are downgrading the people of Sokoto State,” he said.

“Governor Tambuwal has been able to tolerate their bashing and insults which encouraged them to go for the high level of propaganda and mischief against his personality and his office as the governor.

“Let me quickly say this, we will soon sue some of them for writing against the peace and political conscience in Sokoto State. We are ready for anybody that wants to create a problem in our dear state,” he said.

Yusuf called on the APC which filed a case at the tribunal against the victory of Gov. Tambuwal to wait and allow the tribunal decide and stop pre-empting the judgement. Amidst calls for the adoption of open ballot system in the election of presiding officers of the 9th National Assembly, two Lawmakers say the lower chamber’s laid down rules could not be disregarded.

Reps Rimamnde Shawulu (PDPTaraba) and Kehinde Agboola (PDP-Ekiti) made the remarks on Sunday, in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

NAN reports that some civil society organisations (CSOs) were among many proponents of the adoption of open ballot voting for the leadership of the 9th national assembly.

According to Shawulu, any attempt to change the House of Representatives’ Standing Orders in the 9th assembly election without following the due process will be an aberration to the practice.

The lawmaker, who got re-elected in the Feb. 23 National Assembly polls, said promoters of open ballot election were not well informed.

“Let them come from outside and amend the rules now. President Muhammadu Buhari said he could not assent to the Electoral Act because it was too close to the 2019 general elections.

“Now, we have some weeks to the election and you want to amend how leadership is elected. That is double standard; it doesn’t make sense,’’ Shawulu said.

The lawmaker, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Army, however, said the rules would have to be amended at the lower chamber before anyone could talk about open ballot.

“The rules are already set; any member, who wants the rules amended, can bring the motion to the floor of the house.

“And if it is passed, it becomes law but now, the rules of the house have been there since 2011.

“The same rules that led to the emergence of Aminu Tambuwal are the same rules that led to the emergence of Yakubu Dogara.