A 17 year old Stephen Tabulofor is currently been detained by the Nasarawa state police command for his facebook post allegedly supporting the 2019 senatorial ambition of the Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura.
It was gathered that Tabulofor on his facebook post insisted that the Tiv people in the southern Nasarawa senatorial district would vote massively for governor Al-Makura as senate in 2019 general election.
The Nasarawa state Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Gabriel Akaaka while confirming the arrest said “I ordered the arrest and detention of the 17-year-old student, Stephen Tabulo, for openly declaring support for the 2019 senatorial bid of the state Governor Umaru Al-Makura on Facebook”
Sources in the state disclosed that one Mr. Peter Igbacher, a close associate of the commissioner had previously posted a story published in a newspaper with the caption ‘2019: stakeholders plot against Al-Makura’s senatorial ambition’ on his Facebook page which generated reactions from Tabulo and other members of the constituency resulting in the teenager’s arrest on Monday.
Narrating his ordeal Tabulo said “I am a JSS III student at the Government Secondary School Adudu, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. I was in Lafia to visit my elder brother when I decided to contribute to a Facebook discussion on the wall of Peter Igbacher where I declared my full support for the governor.
The SARS policemen traced me throughout the weekend on the orders of the commissioner and later arrested me on Monday afternoon at the residence of the councillor representing Assakyo Ward, Dauglas Charmeh”.
The teenager however, insisted that his arrest and detention could not prevent him from supporting the governor in 2019, adding that he would continue to identify with Al-Makura.
