Threatens legal action against newspapers…
Says he’ll soon resign to face Gov’ship ambition.
William Attah, Gombe
Managing Director of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) and a top PDP Governorship aspirant in Gombe State, Dr. Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna has described the news of his alleged sack from KEDCO as the handiwork of his political opponents.
He has also threatened to take legal action if the news mediums that released the report do not retract same within seven days.
Daily Dispatch and OperaNews, both online news mediums, had Thursday (14/04/2022) reported that Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwamna had been relieved of his duties owing to financial mismanagement and incompetence.
But reacting to the report, Director of Publicity in Jamilu Gwamna’s campaign organization, Ibrahim Sani Shawai in a release, described the report as fake news that has dangerous and toxic intentions.
According to him, the news, which was not only fake but toxic, was baseless, unfounded and untrue and should be seen as the handiwork of opposition to Gwamna’s ambition of becoming Governor of Gombe State.
The statement indicated that the fake publication was politically motivated to demarket Dr Gwamna, being a political heavy weight and a top aspirant of the PDP vying for the governorship seat in Gombe State.
It said, Dr. Gwamna has made a lot of impact and investments in youth and women and enjoys the love of the ordinary people, an achievement that is seen by the opposition as a serious threat hence, they have resorted to fake publicity to harm his political image.
“To put the records straight, KEDCO under Dr Gwamna’s leadership has made highly impressive achievements, building the company to one of the best DisCos in the country, hence, the grounds that he was sacked because of financial mismanagement, is nothing but well fabricated lies aimed at suppressing the very impressive CV of Dr Gwamna”, Shawai stated.
The statement further reads, “In view of his political ambition to become the next governor of Gombe State, Dr Gwamna will soon resign to face his political ambition based on the guidelines from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in order to commence full scale political activities.
“However, he has not resigned, but will do that and inform the public accordingly and even if he resigns, he is still the MD of Sahelian Energy, a company which owns 50% of shares in KEDCO”, it stated.
The reaction states further, “It should be placed on record also, that any news of sack of such high-profile personality, will be done through the Board and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and not from unserious online platforms which are the only source of such baseless information.
“It is also good to note that Fidelity Bank has not in any way taken over the management and activities of KEDCO as it was insinuated by the online media.
“These news outlets and their management by this release have seven days to apologise and withdraw such unfounded news or face the legal consequences of this malicious publication aimed at serving whatever interest they so wish”, it concluded.
