ZAMFARA (Sundiata Post) – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has denied appointing suspected terrorist and gunrunner, Bashir Hadejia, as a Special Adviser in his government.

Hadejia was arrested last week for alleged treason and subversion against the state.

A letter dated October 27, 2023, purportedly signed by the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Mal Abubakar M. Nakwada, had been circulated online, alleging that the state government offered an appointment to Hadejia.

However, Governor Lawal dismissed the letter as “fake” during an interview on Channels Television’s “Politics Today.”

The Governor’s denial comes after Hadejia’s arrest and his previous role as a special adviser to the current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, when he was the Governor of Zamfara State.

“Let me make a categorical statement here. I did not appoint Hadejia as a Special Adviser,” the Governor said.

“If you look at the letter heading [sic] itself with the date, something is fishy somewhere. We issued a statement that we had nothing to do with that. That was a forged letter.

“Whenever I appoint advisers, I usually tell the media that I have appointed X, Y, Z in different positions. I challenge anybody to show me where we made that kind of statement.”