…As gunmen kill former State chairman, kidnap wife
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State, has denied the news going round in the social media that the State’s chapter of the Party has suspended the former State governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu over allegations of anti-party activities.
According to a press statement issued yesterday by the Party’s North-Central Zonal Caretaker Committee overseeing Niger State, signed by its Publicity Secretary, Arch. Suleiman Mohammed, described it as fake news’.
Part of the statement read: “It has come to our notice, the fake news making the rounds on social media that former Niger State Governor and member of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has been suspended by the Party.
“While we feel it is worthless joining issues with social media fake news peddlers, we deem it necessary to put the records straight so as not to confuse our teeming and loyal Party faithful in Niger State and elsewhere.
“Truth is that Dr. Aliyu, a former Governor, who is a serving PDP BoT and NEC member is not and cannot be suspended by his local government chapter of the Party. Those parading the fake news are enemies of the PDP, bent on fanning the flames of disunity in our great Party.
The Party appealed to its members and the general public to discard same as fake news and handiwork of mischief-makers.
Meanwhile, a former PDP Chairman of Tafa local government area in the State, Sule Ishaya, has reportedly been assassinated by gunmen and his wife kidnapped to an unknown destination, Police have confirmed.
It was learnt that the gunmen invaded the house of Ishaya on Sunday night, in the New Bwari community of Tafa LGA, and stabbed him in the stomach with a knife before shooting him.
Family sources told newsmen that some unknown gunmen had gained entrance into the house of the deceased using a ladder to scale the fence. Some residents around the community said it was only the house of the political leader that was attacked by the gunmen.
The family members and the PDP have said that they are yet to hear from the abductors of the wife to know if she is alright and know their demands for her release.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident said that the Police are investigating the matter.
