Four aides to Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya have been sacked over their alleged involvement in the physical assault of a Councillor.
Those sacked include Adamu Abdullahi Danko, Senior Special Assistant II (Domestic); Garba Mohammed Mai Rago, Senior Special Assistant II (Political); Rabiu Sulaiman Abubakar, Senior Special Assistant II (Social Media); and Ali Ibrahim Baban Kaya, Senior Special Assistant II (Community Relations).
Their dismissal followed the conclusion of investigation by the special committee set up to probe into the attack on Abdulrahman Abubakar Sheriff, the councillor representing Shamaki Ward in Gombe Local Government Area.
According to a statement on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesman, Ismaila Uba Misilli, the decision was conveyed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi.
The statement noted that the committee’s report, which was further corroborated by security agencies, informed the governor’s decision.
Governor Yahaya had instructed the affected officers to hand over all government property in their possession to the appropriate authorities without delay.
Misilli said the governor reiterated his administration’s zero tolerance for violence, misconduct and abuse of office.
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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