• No, we were sacked, say former aides
By Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto
No fewer than 252 Special Advisers and Special Assistants to the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday announced the resignation of their appointments and resolved to remain in the All Progressives Congress(APC) rather than joining him in the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
However, a joint statement by a former Special Adviser to the governor, Hon Umar Bature; former SSA, Media, Mustafa Shehu; former SSA, Maiakwai Abubakar; former SA, Contributory Health Scheme, Dr. Aliyu Inname, and former SA, PPP, Hon. Bashir Gidado, indicated that the former employees were relieved of their appointments by the state governor.
“We write to inform the public that contrary to a statement credited to us that we resigned from the…
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