Following several weeks of controversy and public outrage, Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has said he did not appoint suspected terrorist, Bashir Hadejia, as a special adviser.
Dauda Lawal said the letter of appointment circulating in the media was forged and did not emanate from him or any member of his government.
You may recall that Hadejia, a special adviser to the current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, was arrested on Monday last week over alleged gun-running.
After his arrest, a letter of his appointment, dated October 27, 2023, signed by the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Mal Abubakar M. Nakwada, started to trend online, particularly X platform.
Speaking with journalists, Governor Lawal said, “Let me make a categorical statement here. I did not appoint Hadejia as a Special Adviser.
“If you look at the letter heading itself with the date, something is fishy somewhere. We issued statement that we had nothing to do with that, that was a forged letter.
“Whenever I appoint advisers, I usually tell the media that I have appointed X, Y, Z in different positions. I challenge anybody to show me where we made that kind of statement.”