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The media office of the House of Representatives’ Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency, Dr Ahmed Adamu Saba, has dismissed as falsehood the report in a section of social media platform that he was arrested and detained at Federal Investigation Bureau of the Nigerian Police Force.
It said the House of Representatives hopeful honoured the invitation of the FIB in Abuja, a few days ago, during which he made clarification based on what prompted his being invited.
In a statement issued in Ilorin today, the media office described the trending rumour of Dr Saba’s as a grand conspiracy designed to whip up emotions and subject him to public ridicule.
The media office said it was aware of the plot to portray the APC House of Representatives’ candidate in a bad light, adding that his academic qualifications, credibility and integrity remain intact.
The statement added that the House of Representatives’ flag-bearer would not join issues with those behind the ploy because it was in the picture of where it emanated from.
The media office of Dr Ahmed Adamu Saba, however, threatened legal action against agents of fake news on social media platforms, saying that it was unfair to accuse him wrongly.
“It has come to our notice the rumour making the round social media space to the effect that the House of Representatives’ Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Edu/Moto/Patigi Federal Constituency, Dr Ahmed Adamu Saba, was arrested and detained at Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) of the Nigerian Police Force.
“This, indeed, is a melodrama whose performance on acting stage would be difficult to enact. As much as the rumour dwells within the realm of speculation, it has to be made clear and unambiguous too that the Police invited Dr Saba for a clarification and honoured the invitation as a law abiding citizen.
“It therefore betrays common sense if our honouring the Police invitation as a responsible citizen of this country could be classified as arrest. Nothing could be farther from the truth other than a grand conspiracy to call a dog bad name in order to hang it.
“We are not unaware of the antics of the familiar Quarters where the rumour mill emanated from; that is their stock in trade but we will never join issues with any of them. Our belief is that the Almighty Allah gives power to whom he wills no matter how you try to alter it.
“Without aiming at immodesty, our academic qualifications, credibility, integrity and selfless services to humanity speak volume and we won’t descend to gutter in wrestling and tagging those who vehemently stood against our ambition.
“For those who have been following the trend, we have nothing to hide. Our relevant information had since been submitted to the appropriate authorities as far as the forthcoming general elections are concerned.
“Let it be known that we are law abiding citizen and honouring Police invitation cannot be substituted as commission of crime. However, we will not hesitate to sue anyone found to have made it a duty to malign, disparage and demonize us using social media space as a weapon to propagate half truth, falsehood and outright LIE”, the statement read.
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