I Am A Lawful Person, Yari Denies FAAN’s Claims

By Ella Makondo

Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State has said that he did not assault any airport Official at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport ( MAKIA)

Yari was accused by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in a tweet on Wednesday, for violating the COVID-19 protocol at the Kano airport.

The tweet said “He refused to adhere to the protocols and procedures put in place by the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on #COVID19 by forcefully pushing away an officer of the Environment department when he insisted that his luggage must be disinfected.”

But, in a statement by the former governor’s media aide, Mayowa Oluwabiyi, said the incident cited in the tweet never happened as Yari according to the statement had followed all the COVID-19 preventive protocols set by FAAN.

Describing the tweet by FAAN as “odious and distasteful” Yari demanded a retraction of the “offensive tweet and an immediate public apology to him for the falsehood published about his person.”

“We wish to re-affirm that H.E Abdulaziz Yari, the former governor of Zamfara state is a law-abiding Nigerian who will never resort to violence on any issue whatsoever.”

“H.E Yari holds the Federal Government of Nigeria in very high esteem and supports all steps taken by the Presidential Task Force on COVID 19 to fight the deadly pandemic.”

FAAN had earlier condemned violation of the new protocols and guidelines at the airports by some Very Important Persons (VIPs) barely a week after the airports were reopened.

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