BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto
In a sharp response to media reports that the incoming APC government of Sokoto State will be probing the finances of the State under governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the governor-elect, Ahmed Aliyu has said he is not ready for such an exercise.
Making the position of the governor-elect known in a statement, his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Abubakar Bawa, said the story was not only fabricated but also malicious and very untrue.
“The purported story appeared on the website of some online publishers, and we are urging people to disregard it.
“As far as I am concerned, we only set up a transition committee which is mandated to work hand in hand with the one set up by the outgoing administration of governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in order to ensure smooth handing over come May 29th.
“I am yet to take full control of Sokoto State, talk less of setting up any committee to probe the outgoing governor” he stressed.
The governor elect therefore dissociated himself from the story and warned those behind it to desist from going ahead with such stories.
” The task before my administration is how to ensure a new Sokoto state, being that the state for now is left far behind in all sectors of development.
“We want to see a state that will guarantee quality education, good road networks, effective heath care delivery, portable drinking water supply as well as good mechanized agricultural system for its citizens,” he said
Ahmed Aliyu therefore urged the public to disregard the fake story saying, it was fabricated by mischief makers in order to give the incoming administration a bad name.
