The Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State, Hashimu Suleiman Dungurawa, has denied reciept of any letter from Senator Kawu Sumaila asking him to apologize for an alleged libelous statement.
Speaking to the media, Wednesday he insisted that “I have not received any letter, and no letter was addressed to me on the issue by anybody whatsoever,” Dungurawa said
He described the purported letter as mere “rumors created by the enemy and warned that the party would not condone anti-party activities by its members as well as its political offices.
He insisted that there was no crisis in the state chapter of the NNPP adding that the party remained “one hundred percent strong and united.” even
The Chairman’s assertion is different ftom indications emerging from the csmp of
Senator Kawu Sumaila(NNPP Kano South),
The Senator , according to reports had threatened to sue the Chairman on account of alleged “libelous allegation” he made against him.
The threat is contained in a letter addressed to Dungurawa by Sunusi Musa (SAN), Managing Partner, Aliyu & Musa (SAN) Legal practitioners and Consultants.
In the letter, dated Nov.12, the Solicitors affirmed that : “We act as solicitors to Senator Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila (“our client”), who is presently a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Kano South Senatorial District. It is on his instruction that we write this letter.
“The attention of our client was drawn to a radio programme being broadcast at Freedom Radio frequency 99.5 FM, which is also on the Facebook page of the radio station and is being listened to from any part of the world. The voice clip is also published to various individuals and groups on WhatsApp and Telegram platforms in all parts of the world.
“By this letter demanding you, on behalf of our client, to, within 24 hours of receipt of this letter, retract the allegation in the same manner you made it,” the legal practitioners said.
They asked the state chairman to also give the retraction a wide publicity as he did to the interview, ” and a public apology to our client in two National dailies.’
