As the Commission of Inquiry Investigating communal clash that occurred recently in Tingno of Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State comes to an end with closing testimonies from witnesses, it was alleged that four witnesses that appeared before the commission were fake.
Representative of Lamurde Muslim community comprises Hausa/Fulani youths in Tingno Barrister Abubakar Mohammed had filed an application alleging that the last four witnesses presented by Chobo group who testified before the commission were not the actual persons invited by the commission.
In his response, the lead Counsel Christopher Crownwell did not object to the request.
The commission should investigate the matter and if it is proven that witnesses are not right persons, the commission can charge them in Magistrate court for misleading the body”. He said.
After various contributions by counsels representing various groups, the chairperson of the commission Justice Hapsat Abdulrahaman Adamu adjourned sitting to Tuesday, 8th December 2020 to enable the Police and Counsel to Chobo group invite the affected witnesses for further investigation.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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