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• Residents Hail Action, Call For Proper Investigation



Days after posting allegations that Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku Want To Assassinate Senator Emmanuel Bwacha on social media, security agency have invited photographer, Disebe Bala Donga for investigations.

Disebe Bala Donga published an article under a pen name Kotolo Dan-Jalingo title: Open Letter To Senator Emmanuel Bwacha : Wake Up! Governor Darius Ishaku Want To Assassinate You' 

The article also listed APC chieftain Chief David Sabo Kente and Senator Yusuf A. Yusuf as being part of the plot to assassinate Senator Bwacha.


Disebe Bala Donga article reads in part: "My dear Senator, it is well acknowledge fact that you survived an assassination attempt at Danbaba Airport in Jalingo in May this year when Governor Darius Ishaku directed the management of the Airport to stop a chattered plane carrying you (Senator Emmanuel Bwacha), from landing at the Airport. The aim was to kill you and blame the plane crashed on bad weather. 

"Sir, your escaped irritated the governor as soon as he realized that the plane carrying you did not crash-landed at Danbaba Airport Jalingo, but managed to land at nearby Airport in Yola, Adamawa State. 

"Distinguished Senator, whether or not you believe it, Governor Darius Ishaku and his partners in crime are poised and are ready to destroy your life. Reliable sources have confirmed to this writer of a clandestine meeting sponsored by the Governor which they deliberated on how to finally assassinate you (Bwacha) and frame-up on Boko Haram terrorists as the culprit, thereby affecting the APC chances in 2023 general elections in the state. Also at the meeting, they also deliberated on the alternate decision to kidnap your wife with plans to keep her in captivity until you (Bwacha) spends all the money you have piled up for election before she would be released.

"Let me therefore use this very opportunity to alert members of the public that the life of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, the APC governorship candidate in Taraba State and that of members of his family are under threat. Should anything untoward happen to him and members of his family, the like of Arc. Darius Ishaku, Yusuf A. Yusuf, Chief David Sabo Kente and their cohorts should be held responsible," Disebe Bala Donga article under a pen name Kotolo Dan-Jalingo reads

Meanwhile residents have condemned allegations contained in the article saying it would heat up the polity ahead of election campaigns.

" We call all security agencies to investigate these allegations because of its implications, it's an attempt to introduce political assassination to Taraba politics, the claims in that article are heavy and those behind it must be ready to provide details and explanation for public interest and safety." Mr Rogers Bala a resident of Jalingo said.



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