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KANO HIGH COURT BARS GOVERNOR OF ZAMFARA AND OTHERS ON SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST MATAWALLE .

The Kano High Court has restrained Zamfara Governor and his cohorts from smear campaign against Alhaji Bello Muhammed Matawalle as well as granted restraining order on the Nigeria Police Force, Inspector- General of Police, Government of Zamfara State, Attorney General of the Federation,Zamfara State government, Vision Media Services Ltd, Vision Fm, Farin Wata Tv, Liberty Radio and Tv, Shuaibu Mungadi and Tijjani Ramalan on Alhaji Masuda Abdulkadir.
In a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary All Progressives Congress Zamfara state chapter
Yusuf Idris Gusau reveals that,
“All these are calculated
desperate attempts by Governor Dauda Lawal to discredit the minister before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR due  to his rising political profile in Zamfara and Nigeria in general”.
“These are parts of the gimmicks of Governor Lawal Dauda who has been a continuous guest to media houses with the aim of tarnishing the image of the Honourable Minister of State for Defence  Dr. Matawalle  and also to block his  re- appointment  as a Minister since the news of imminent cabinet reshuffle”.
“Governor Lawal or his proxies campaign against Matawalle is not acceptable and befitting  of his status in  trying to run down his own brother who is a top government functionary”.
 He therefore call on the  public to be careful of deceitful information being spurned  out by the Governor of Zamfara or his proxies while  advising the public to disregard such information as the Kano High Court has placed the matter in the right perspective.
“Going by the Order of Interim Injunction, all the respondents and Security Agencies either by themselves, agents, servants or proxies whatsoever called are restrained from inviting, further inviting, arresting, detaining, arraigning, prosecuting the applicant, Alhaji Masuda Abdulkadir and  bar the Governor of Zamfara State and his paid media agents from further smear campaign against Matawalle in respect of the matter, pending  the hearing and determination of the Originating Motion”.
Furthermore, “the High Court has also granted restraining order on the 6th ( Vision Media Services Ltd) and the 11th ( Tijjani Ramalan) respondents respectively, their Officers Staffs, agents, servants, employees, Aids, and or any person howsoever described acting on their behalf, instructions, instigation , and instance from making further instigation, airing, broadcasting, television, disseminating in whatever form any issue regarding the said Alhaji Bello Muhammed Matawalle as per the facts of the suit pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application before the court”. The statement said.
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