The Plateau State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has uncovered planned attack on its Gubernatorial Campaign Spokesman Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi.
Statement made available to this medium and was signed by Hon.Sylvanus Namang,
APC State Publicity Secretary stated that The attention of the APC in Plateau state has been drawn to an orchestrated and well – coordinated plans by some desperate supporters of a political party in the state to attack the spokesman of the APC Gubernatorial Campaign Council, Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi.
He said, it on good authority that members of the political party are very uncomfortable with his coverage of events at tribunal and have drawn out elaborate plans on how to silence the campaign spokesman.
Namang stated that the party is reliably informed by insiders that they are greatly worried and afraid of the wide readership and followership attracted by the coverage given by Alhaji Bamaiyi who apart from being a veteran journalist is also a lawyer and it read as follows:
PRESS RELEASE
14 /8/23
ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, PLATEAU STATE CHAPTER,
KALWA HOUSE, YAKUBU GOWON WAY,
JOS.
PLANNED ATTACK ON APC GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN SHITTU BAMAIYI
The attention of the APC in Plateau state has been drawn to an orchestrated and well – coordinated plans by some desperate supporters of a political party in the state to attack the spokesman of the APC Gubernatorial Campaign Council, Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi.
We have it on good authority that members of the political party are very uncomfortable with his coverage of events at tribunal and have drawn out elaborate plans on how to silence the campaign spokesman.
The party, we are reliably informed by insiders that they are greatly worried and afraid of the wide readership and followership attracted by the coverage given by Alhaji Bamaiyi who apart from being a veteran journalist is also a lawyer.
The public rely more on his reports which are as credible as they truly reflect what transpired at the tribunal rather than the slanted reports by the Judiciary Correspondent of a government owned electronic media.
We are further informed that given the foregoing, the party felt that it needs to do something urgently to discredit and embrass him moreso when they are about to enter defence at the tribunal resumed sitting tomorrow.
To carry out the hatchet job, a one time Commissioner who is part of the defence counsel is planning with a leading senior lawyer to trump up allegations against Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi at the tribunal sitting tomorrow 15th August.
The main purpose is discredit whatever he may write about the happenings at the tribunal subsequently.
To actualise their plan, some selected pressmen have been mobilised to attend tomorrow’s proceeding when the tribunal’s attention would be drawn that Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi has been misinforming members of the public about the happenings at the tribunal as was raised by one of the Plaintiff’s leading counsel against the earlier mentioned Judiciary Correspondent who is fond of misinforming the public.
Worried by Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi’s reports which have become a thorn in their flesh, they want to insist that his presence at the tribunal should not be in his capacity as reporter but a spokesman of the APC Campaign Council.
It should be noted that Shittu Bamaiyi is a veteran journalist with over thirty years experience in judiciary reporting, and would moreso as a lawyer not engage in misleading the public by writing what did not transpire at the tribunal.
We want to categorically state that we have absolute confidence in Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi’s ability to carry out his function as expected and we would therefore resist any attempt to ridicule him at the tribunal resumed sitting.
It may be recalled that at the last adjourned sitting of the tribunal, there was a serious attempt to attack Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi, who based on security tips, had to be rushed out of the tribunal promises.
We call on the security men at the tribunal to ensure that Alhaji Shittu Bamaiyi and every other person attending the tribunal sitting as free citizens are fully protected.
The All Progressives Congress in Plateau State wishes to restate its full support and confidence in the Gubernatorial and other Tribunals sitting in Jos.
