The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State has dismissed a report by an online outlet accusing Governor Malam Umar Namadi of prioritising luxury by purchasing high-end vehicles for his convoy.
The party described the report as a diversionary tactic and a deliberate smear campaign against the governor’s exemplary leadership and the transformative progress the state had witnessed over the past two years.
In a press statement signed by the party’s publicity secretary in the state, Malam Bashir Kundu, the APC stated that the author of the report, who allegedly used a fake name, had no purpose other than to distract public attention from the remarkable achievements of Governor Umar Namadi, whose efforts to build a prosperous and great Jigawa had gained widespread recognition.
“Ordinarily, we ought not to have responded to this misleading information if not for the sake of stating the facts and disabusing the minds of some gullible readers who might have misconceived the discredited publication.
“The publication was meant to distract the ongoing historic development projects undertaken by the people’s governor of Jigawa State, Mallam Umar A. Namadi, FCA,” he said.
The statement noted that Jigawa State APC believed that the purveyors of fake news deliberately concocted and spread false information claiming that Governor Umar Namadi had awarded a contract for the purchase of 12 SUVs and took delivery of other luxury vehicles parked at the Government House for his official convoy.
It added that the publication falsely claimed that Jigawa generated only N6.9 billion in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the first half of 2025.
“These are false claims and outright ignorance on the part of the informants, with a sinister motive and unprofessionalism for the so-called online platform peddling the falsehood.
“We’ would like to ask you to consider this report as misleading information made intentionally to deceive the good people of the state and outsiders who are perhaps not acquainted with the ongoing transformation the state is witnessing in the last two years of Governor Umar A. Namadi, FCA. First, the state generated over N23.8 billion in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the previous six months from January to June this year, not N6.9 billion, as claimed by the false report.
“The report deliberately misinformed its readers by reporting in the assumption that visitors’ vehicles parked in the premises of the Government House are newly acquired convoy vehicles for the governor. While it is legal for the governor to acquire convoy vehicles, Governor Namadi is still using old vehicles used by his predecessor.
“The procurement law states how a contract can be awarded, a state being governed by a finance expert cannot award a contract to a cabinet member or any individual entity unqualified by the law,” he said.
