Photo: Screenshot of Facebook page showing the counterfeited newspaper |
The publisher of a community newspaper in Akwa Ibom has accused
the state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel of being behind the publication of fake
copy of the paper.
A counterfeited front-page of The Guide newspaper was posted and circulated, Thursday, on
Facebook by people suspected to be
working for the Akwa Ibom State government.
The fake edition of the paper with a false banner headline “Umana
Goes Shopping for Witnesses” was apparently intended to ridicule the Akwa Ibom
APC governorship candidate Mr. Umana Okon Umana who has so far rattled Emmanuel
and its party – PDP – in the ongoing election petition tribunal in Abuja.
The Guide
publisher, Mr. Emmanuel Sam asked the Akwa Ibom governor in an open letter to
stop counterfeiting the paper or else they will go to court to seek redress.
“I call on you to as a matter of urgent public importance, and in your best
interest to forthwith, bind your mad dogs with their respective chains,” the
publisher said to the governor.
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