* Provides video evidence to debunk trending social media visit
Spokesman of Borno State Governor, Mallam Isa Gusau, has disclosed that his principal, Governor Babagana Zulum and his predecessor, Senator Kashim Shettima did not know the residence of DCP Abba Kyari.
Gusau, who stated this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, added that he decided to make the clarification since DCP Kyari, who promised to issue the clarification, did not fulfil his promise.
He also provided a video evidence to debunk the trending social media visit by Governor Zulum and Senator Shettima to Kyari, insisting that it was Kyari, who like other sympathisers, visited the former Borno State Governor at his residence in Abuja on June 30, following the unfounded rumours that he had died in the United Kingdom (UK).
The statement reads in part, “ The said a video in circulation was recorded by some associates of Abba Kyari at the residence of Senator Kashim Shettima in Abuja on June 30, 2021, when Abba Kyari paid an empathy visit to Shettima, following mischievous circulation of rumours that the Senator had died in the UK.
“Kyari himself had shared the same video on his verified facebook wall on June 30, shortly after he visited Shettima. See link to Kyari’s facebook post:
“Kyari, who hails from Borno State and in Shettima’s constituency, visited the former Governor to wish him well like many others had visited the Senator during the time”.
Gusau also released a video of some sympathizers who had also visited Senator Shettima at the same period, which showed the senator receiving them in his house, the same place being described as Abba Kyari’s house.
He also urged the general public to take note of the TV behind Zulum and Abba Kyari with a CNN Breaking News on the release of American Comedian actor, Bill Cosby, which, as can be verified by any online, happened on June 30, 2021.
The spokesman therefore urged Kyari to issue a similar clarification as he had promised when he drew his attention to the misrepresentation, given the fact it was Kyari himself who took the video and released it on his Facebook page on June 30, 2021.
Gusau then urged the public to , “Please see video of visit by other sympathizers, link to Kyari’s post on June 30, 2021, and compare with the same video in circulation, claiming Zulum and Shettima had visited Kyari:
