BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI
A group of Concerned Borno Stakeholders (CBS) has debunked the rumor trending on the social media suggesting that Senators Muhammed Ali Ndume and Danjuma Goje, have withdrawn from the senate presidency race following a purported meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The news, which trended on some social media platforms generated serious reactions especially in Borno state where one of the top contenders for the Senate seat, Mr Ndume comes from.
Reacting to the social media rumor, some group of concerned Borno citizens led by a prominent Borno figure and top federal civil servant, Samaila Ville, told a select journalists in Maiduguri that the news being spread on the social media “was mischievous and fake.”
He said they were “surprised to see the post on social media that our son, Senator Ndume had withdrawn from the senate race after himself and the former governor of Gombe state, Danjuma Goje, had met with the president….