Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, son of former Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has threatened legal action against the newly appointed Kano State Commissioner for Information, Sanusi Bature, over alleged false and defamatory comments about him.
Mustapha, who is the deputy governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), gave the commissioner a 48-hour ultimatum to withdraw the alleged false statements and issue an unreserved public apology to him, his family and the people of Kano State.
He made the demand in a statement signed by him, in which he accused the commissioner, who previously served as the governor's spokesperson, of making malicious allegations against him during a programme.
The commissioner had allegedly claimed that Mustapha had visited several rehabilitation centres across the world and was the reason his father established the Kiru Reformatory Institute.
Reacting, Mustapha described the allegations as false and an attempt to damage his reputation and distract residents from governance issues.
He explained that the Kiru Reformatory Institute was established during his father's second tenure as governor, when he was residing in Dubai.
He said the institution was established as a government policy to reform and rehabilitate young people, adding that attributing its establishment to his personal circumstances was an insult to the institution and its beneficiaries.
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