{"id":41975,"date":"2015-09-15T11:11:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T10:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=41975"},"modified":"2015-09-15T11:11:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T10:11:31","slug":"i-did-not-assault-any-lady-says-gov-al-makura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/i-did-not-assault-any-lady-says-gov-al-makura\/","title":{"rendered":"I did not assault any lady says Gov. Al-Makura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5079\" dir=\"ltr\">The Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-makura, has denied allegations making the rounds on the social media and some online publications that his convoy assaulted a young lady and her siblings on his way to Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5086\" dir=\"ltr\">According to reports, the governor\u2019s convoy was said to have run the lady out of the road while policemen in the convoy used the nozzle of their guns to deface her and smashed their phones and ipad beyond repairs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5087\" dir=\"ltr\">Reacting to the reports, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Ahmed Tukur, in a statement, said there is no iota of truth in the reports and that the facts were deliberately misrepresented to tarnish the image of the governor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5088\" dir=\"ltr\">The statement reads: \u201cThe Attention of Governor Umaru Tanko Al \u2013 Makura of Nasarawa State has been drawn to an online publication Title \u201cGo To Hell!\u201d Governor Al Makura Tells Family On Highway As His Goons Beat them To Pulp\u201d alleging that his convoy assaulted a family on their way to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5089\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere is no iota of truth in that publication but the misrepresentation of facts calculated to tarnish the image of his Excellency by mischief makers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5090\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt and to set the records straight, on Thursday 10, September 2015 about <a href=\"http:\/\/3.pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">3.pm<\/a> when the convoy of His Excellency was approaching Nasarawa Eggon Local Government, a vehicle was right on the middle of the road and in spite of several efforts by the police outrider and the pilot to slow the car down, the vehicle remained right in the centre of the road refusing to make way for the convoy which nearly caused an accident.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5091\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe action of the vehicle gave room for suspicion considering the fact that it was at the same area in 2003 that the convoy of former governor of Benue State, George Akume, now a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was attacked.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5092\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter a close look at the vehicle, the Escort commander noticed a women driving with a minor in the front seat and directed the convoy to track her with caution not to push her car by the shoulder.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5093\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis took up to 3-5 minutes before the Escort commander managed to halt her. She stopped abruptly on the road forcing the convoy to also stop and other road user causing heavy traffic along the high way.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5094\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs She came out, she began to rain abuses on the Police boasting that she is a lawyer and a daughter of a police Commissioner and has the right to drive the way she wants<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5098\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNoticing her unruly behavior, the Governor directed the Escort commander to invite the Police from the nearest police station to handle the matter to avoid further congestion and obstruction of traffic on the Highway while the convoy continued on its journey to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5097\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt is the height of mischief and irresponsibility for anybody to insinuate that Governor Almakura made disparaging comments on the woman in question.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442310624153_5095\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201d Any body that knows Al \u2013 Makura will attest to the fact that, it is not in his character to use derogatory words on people let alone a woman, the fact remains that the governor did not engaged in any exchange of words with the woman.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-makura, has denied allegations making the rounds on the social media and some online publications that his convoy assaulted a young lady and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I did not assault any lady says Gov. 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