Senate President, Bukola Saraki Releases Statement On Sacked Civil Servant – Story Untrue
A civil servant in Kwara State Biodun Baba was reported by Punch to be arraigned in a magistrate court in Ilorin for making defaming posts on Facebook against the Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Baba is said to be a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ile Kolawole Gambari Ward 1, Ilorin East Local Government Area, and a primary school teacher.
The complainant is said to be the party Chairman, Kwara Central Senatorial District, Ilorin, Jimoh Adesina.
He said:
Since July, 2017, the accused, through his walls on Facebook, has been inciting the public against the Kwara-Central Senatorial District representative at the upper chambers, Dr Olubukola Saraki, the incumbent Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Baba has been exerting undue influence on innocent persons which is a threat to public peace by spreading falsehood which has caused and still causing disaffection, pandemonium among the citizens of Kwara State and beyond by disparaging the person of the Senate President, the good people of Kwara-Central Senatorial District, which he represents.
The last straw that broke the camel’s back was the dissemination of false and untrue information accentuated with malice about the third citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the whole world, urging the public not to vote for him as a senator in 2019 in the column of his FB of July 3, 2017 by 9.54pm. The statement, in fact, is credited to the accused person after necessary investigation was carried out.
The counsel for the complainant Sikiru Solagberu later informed the court that his client wrote a letter to him to withdraw the case from the court.
However, Bukola Saraki has, in a series of tweets, debunked the news, saying he is committed to the freedom of speech.
See the tweets below:
1. My attention has just been drawn to an entirely untrue story about a civil servant being sacked for criticizing me.
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) July 28, 2017
2. As a public servant who has subjected myself in the service of my country, I face criticism everyday from many quarters.
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) July 28, 2017
3. Criticism does not deter me from serving my country. I learn from constructive criticism. It inspires me to continue working.
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) July 28, 2017
4. My colleagues and will continue to always work to pass a legislative agenda that will make life better for all Nigerians.
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) July 28, 2017
5. I use social media, so I am a firm believer in freedom of speech and using social media to air out ones views. This will never change.
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) July 28, 2017
6. As Governor, Senator and now as @SPNigeria, I have never attempted to stifle anyone's freedom to speak his/her mind. This will not change
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) July 28, 2017
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