Plot to Smear Fintiri’s Image in Adamawa Exposed.
The plot to smear the image of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has been exposed.
Exposing this development in Yola on Wednesday, groups under the aegis of Adamawa First Initiative and True Adamawa Patriot alleged that about N50 million had been disbursed for the smear campaign.
However, the groups have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Akali Baba and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, to wade into the issue and arrest the impostors immediately.
Speaking to reporters in Yola, the group raised an alarm that faceless persons have set out to use a campaign of calumny against the Governor and some of his associates by miscreants hiding under the guise of being a journalist.
The National Coordinator of Adamawa First Initiative, Muhammad Abubakar, alleged that those plotting to smear the image of Governor Fintiri and Kamale have already mobilized the media and have set out to hire miscreants under whose cover they will operate.
The groups claimed that the contractor’s abandonment of the cottage hospital in Gombi is false; work is progressing even as of today.
The information commissioner, Umar Garba Pella and Director-General media to Governor Fintiri, Solomon Kumangar, led dozens of journalists to Gombi today to inspect the cottage hospital and everything on course as the job is near completion.
The groups insisted that there is the likelihood of a more sinister plot underway like sponsoring media houses to tarnish the image of the Governor as those spearheading the calumny campaign and their paymasters have run out of ideas.
However, the groups apologized to Governor Fintiri and pledged their continued support and loyalty and passed a vote of confidence on him and his ability to fulfil the Governor’s pledge to empower more youths in Adamawa state.
They also urged the Governor to keep their eyes on the ball and not be dismayed and distracted by the activities of a dishonourable few.