Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarwa State has written to the vice chancellor of University of Mkar, Gboko, Benue State, Professor Zacharys Anger Gundu, over an allegation of fueling insecurity made against him.
The governor, in the letter dated July 22, 2025, is demanding a retraction of the statement made by Prof Gundu on a national television, News Central Television Town Hall Programme.
In the letter written by a Dr Ahmed Raji (SAN) on behalf of the governor, he said the damage caused by the statement was unquantifiable.
Professor Gundu had said, “The issue of Nasarawa State has come up and we know that even during Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s time, Fulanis were coming there and attacking Benue State, and Al-Makura would call them international hunters. He would call them international hunters, in spite of the fact that Nasarawa State does not have an international hunting ground, he would call them because he wanted to mask that. And even today, the governor of Nasarawa State, Sule, is also masking the problem.”
“Now, no other person in his right senses will ever say that the Fulanis who are killing and attacking us are coming from outside the country.
“‘It is people like Sule the governor of Nasarawa State who is giving them heaven, who is giving them refuge, who is getting the lands of his own citizens and giving it to these people.”
The governor in the letter challenged the VC to provide evidence, retract his statements within seven day with an apology, or face court action.
According to him, the statement has injured his reputation in the eyes and minds of right thinking persons in society.
