From Yakubu Busari, Jos
Mr Dan Manjang, Commissioner for Information and Communication in Plateau State
The Commissioner for Information and Communication in Plateau State, Mr Dan Manjang has denied a trending story on social media that he, the Speaker of the House of Assembly and the Secretary to the Government of the State were hoarding COVID-19 palliatives in their homes.
Majnag made this disclosure in a press statement in reaction to a Face Book post on the site of Movement for the Protection of Plateau Heritage, MOPPLAH, by one Jonathan Yakubu Madaki, alleging that the trio should be targeted by looters because they had COVID-19 Palliatives in their houses.
Madaki had written on October 26 “Next palliatives to check is at Commissioner of Information house, SGS, and Speaker house at Lamingo. Please move there now.”
He said; “In as much as Government does not want to hold brief for the persons so mentioned by Jonathan Yakubu Madaki, Iit has become imperative to warn that Mr Madaki should be prepared to prove his allegations and be ready to bear the consequences of his mischief and mobilization of looters, should investigation prove contrary.”
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 lotters to attack the homes of these government officials. He should also take into cognizance that he will be personally held liable for anything that happens to the Rt Hon Speaker, Secretary to Government of the State and the 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.”
He urged the public to desist from spreading falsehood with the aim of causing harm to one another and advised 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 collateral damage in an event that such posts turn out to be false and lead to undesirable consequences.
