Borno Governor Zulum breaks silence on son killing Chinese national during fight over woman at Indian nightclub
The Borno State government has dismissed reports of one of the sons of Governor Babagana Zulum, Umara was arrested for allegedly murdering a Chinese national in India.
NEWS DIRECT reports that reports on social media alleged that the governor’s son, Umara, who’s a student at a university in New Delhi, reportedly smashed a bottle of alcoholic drink on a Chinese national for showing interest in a lady with him at a nightclub.
The report said Umara has been arrested and is in prison awaiting trial.
Reacting, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor on New Media, Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, in a statement denied the report declaring it as untrue.
The statement read, “The Borno State Governor’s media unit‘s attention has been drawn to rumours circulating that the son of the Borno State Governor has been arrested for the alleged murder of some Indian citizen.
“This misinformation was published in an online blog, titled “Son of Borno State Governor Murders Someone In India—Politics.” The blog claimed that the Governor also travelled to India, attempting to use diplomatic status to resolve the matter.
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“It is on record that Governor Babagana Zulum was on a one-month vacation in Saudi Arabia for the 2024 Hajj and later travelled to Egypt to attend the annual ASUWAN forum conference in Cairo.
“The Media Unit would like to clarify and set the record straight that blogs have mischievously spread defamatory content without any speck of truth.
“We hereby warn those who have spread the false information to pull down this misinformation from its website and platforms within the next 24 hours and offer an unreserved apology to Governor Zulum, his son, and the entire family, or risk legal action.
“The Governor shall also not hesitate to take legal action against any media outlet that continues to publicise this defamatory information on its platform.
“We would like to inform the public that none of Governor’s Zulum’s son was either arrested or charged with any crime, or involved in any unlawful activities anywhere.
“We urge the public to exercise caution when consuming and sharing information, particularly when it comes from unverified sources and blogs instead of credible media outlets.
“We enjoin all media organisations to engage in responsible journalism of truth and factual verification while recognising the potential harm and psychological trauma the spread of false information might have caused to the Governor’s family.”
