Shiddi called on the Taraba State governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku, as a matter of urgency, to drop his plans to gag the press.
He said the “should be allowed to take its course on the issue because Samaila Yakubu and three other APC supporters have been in prison more than four months without trial”. The lawmaker, who also alleged that there are ongoing plans by the State government to forward to the State House of Assembly a bill that would gag the press, said he will walk tirelessly round the clock to frustrate the bill from seeing the light of the day.
a Taraba Politician has complained that his Supporters have been illegally arrested and jailed as sign of Oppression and Intimidation by the State Governor
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