Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, has tackled Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, over the arrest of Ebikpoemi Ugo...
Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, has tackled Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, over the arrest of Ebikpoemi Ugo, spokesman of All Progressives Congress in the state.
Subsequently, Ugo was charged to court on charges on alleged defamation of character and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.Reacting to the development, Keyamo, spokesperson of APC presidential campaign council, asked Usman Baba, inspector-general of police , to direct the Bayelsa police command to withdraw the charges against Ugo.“To say we are shocked by the conduct and complaint of Governor Diri is an understatement,” the statement reads.
“These are the same opposition governors that are begging Nigerians to re-elect them because they have allegedly turned a new leaf. Alas! The leopard cannot change its spot.“It is on record that despite the deluge of misinformation and abuses against President Muhammadu Buhari on a daily basis on social media, he has never for once used the police to clamp down on anyone as a result of a mere defamatory post on social media.
“However, the press and the entire gamut of civil society cannot apply a different standard because this dastardly act is being perpetrated by an opposition governor.”Speaking with TheCable, Daniel Alabrah, the chief press secretary to the Bayelsa governor, said there is no evidence to suggest that Diri was involved in the arrest of the APC spokesperson.
“He did not make that posts as an APC member. Maybe he made it as a concerned citizen of the state. Why are they infusing politics into it?
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