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PALLIATIVES: MISCHIEF/BLACKMAIL & THREAT TO LIFE BY ONE JONATHAN YAKUBU MADAKI TARGETED AT PLATEAU GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

It has come to the knowledge of the Plateau State Government about news making the rounds in the social media particularly Facebook and posted on the site of Movement for the Protection of Plateau Heritage (MOPPLAH) by one Jonathan Yakubu Madaki that palliatives are being hoarded by the Honorable Commissioner of Information and Communication, Secretary to the Government of the State and at the Speaker OF THE STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AT HIS house IN Lamingo, urging LOOTERS AND VANDALS to move there.
THE POST BY THE SAID Jonathan Yakubu Madaki WRITTEN ON 26TH OCOTBER 2020 STATED THUS: “Next palliatives to check is at Commissioner of Information house, SGS, and Speaker house at Lamingo. Please move there now.”

In as much as Government does not want to hold brief for the persons so mentioned by Jonathan Yakubu Madaki, IT HAS BECOME IMPARATIVE to warn that Mr. Madaki SHOULD PREPARE TO PROVE HIS ALLEGATIONS AND BE READY TO bear the consequences of his MISCHIEF AND MOBILIZATION OF LOOTING should investigation prove to the contrary.

Furthermore, the public is hereby warned to desist from spreading falsehood with the aim of causing harm to one another.
Government hereby also advises the administrators of Social Media platforms and groups to screen AND VERIFY WHATEVER THEIR members post on their sites to avoid being caught in the web OF COLLATARAL DAMAGE in an event that such posts turn out to be false AND LEAD TO UNDESIRABLE CONSEQUENCES.

Therefore, Jonathan Yakubu Madaki is hereby warned that he should be ready to bear the consequences of his post AS SECURITY AGENCIES ARE ALREADY INVESTIGATING HIS CLAIM AND FOLLOWING UP ON HIS MOBILIZATION OF LOOTERS TO ATTACK THE HOMES OF THESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. HE SHOULD ALSO TAKE INTO COGNISANCE THAT HE WILL BE PERSONALLY HELD LIABLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO THE RT. HON. SPEAKER, SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE, AND THE HON, COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION AND THEIR FAMILIES.
The public is hereby advised not to take the laws in their hand by invading the premises of the personalities so mentioned AS THEIR HOUSES ARE NEITHER WAREHOUSES NOR STORAGE HOUSES. HOWEVER, THEY ARE FREE TO USE ANY civilized and legitimate means of INVESTIGATING THE CLAIM instead of taking the laws into their hands.

Dan Manjang,
Honourable Commissioner,
Information and Communication,
Plateau State.
27th October, 2020.

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Palliatives: Plateau State Govt Uncovers Plot by to Mobilize & Attack Residences of Govt Officials