THE Patriarch of the late Alhaji Muhammadu Dodo Iya, Iyan Sokoto family, Alhaji Aminu Dodo Iya, has refuted fake news making the round to the effect that some of the family members have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ).
This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Aminu Dodo Iya, who is also the incumbent Iyan Sokoto and issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday.
The revered Iyan Sokoto averred,” we, the members of this well respected, disciplined and highly cultured family are hereby distancing ourselves, in totality, from such dastardly and destructive rumour. It was indeed the handiwork of some merchants of grapevine, bent on soiling the good name of the family.
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“The crux of this statement is that none of us had at a time pitched his or her camp with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a Club being misled and misguided by some failed, deluded and expired politicians.
“Consequently, we are hereby strongly and unequivocally reiterating our love, support and respect for the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC ), in Sokoto State. He is no other person than the nation’s political sage, a trailblazer, a pacesetter and a former indefatigable Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the Sarkin Yamman Sokoto.
“Let no purveyor of rumour and enemies of progress again, ever link any of our family members with the woeful PDP. In APC we stay and in it, we shall ever remain.
“We are also commending all those concerned persons who called, sent text messages or personally visited us to duly and sincerely verify the unsubstantiated rumour,” Alhaji Aminu Dodo Iya, added.
In the same vein, the family of the late Dodo Iya would sustain their current fervent prayers and all efforts to see to the success of the candidates of the APC, at all levels, during the forthcoming rescheduled 2019 polls.