Offensive Social Media Posts: Gov Aliyu Taking Wrong Steps, Senator Tambuwal’s Aide ‘Blameless’ -Sokoto PDP

Sokoto state PDP has condemned the arrest of Mr Shafi’u Tureta by the police.

Tureta , who is Senator Aminu Tambuwal’s  Special Assistant on Media , was reportedly arrested and taken into custody by the police on Sunday.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the party in a statement that was issued in Sokoto by its spokesman, Mr Hassan Sanyinnawal, alleged that Tureta’s arrest was at the instance of Governor Ahmed Aliyu.

Sokoto state  PDP noted that  Tureta was arrested for  posting  a  video  of the governor struggling to pronounce  an  English  word and  another video  wherein people were spraying money at the  birthday party allegedly hosted by the governor’s wife.

‘We, first of all, wish to draw the attention of the governor to the fact that the visuals in question must have been recorded by cameramen attached to his own office or his family and initially leaked to the public by the same personnel.

It is also not a crime under the  Nigerian law to make public, videos of the governor’s public engagements or events attended by his family, however embarrassing they may be.  It is, therefore, the governor’s task or that of his aides to ensure that such materials do not get to the public arena.

PDP wishes to caution the Sokoto state Government  about  its fast worsening human rights record, occasioned by its notoriety for harassment and assault on dissenting opinion. We hereby, counsel the governor to turn his energy towards improving on the dismal performance of his regime, rather than the desperate struggle to stifle freedom of expression in the state

The PDP demands the immediate, unconditional release of Shafi’u Umar Tureta and a final stop to the brutality meted by the Sokoto state Government on citizens for simply exercising their constitutional right to criticizing bad governance and unbecoming conduct by those in power in the state’ the party submitted-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you