Nasarawa Governor Sule Issues Lawsuit Threat to Benue VC Over Security Blame
Nasarawa Governor Sule Issues Lawsuit Threat to Benue VC Over Security Blame
The Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has threatened to take the Vice Chancellor of the University of Mkar, Gboko, Benue State, Prof Zacharys Anger Gundu, to court over allegations of fuelling insecurity made against him (Sule).
The governor, in a letter dated July 22, 2025, is demanding a retraction of the statement made by Prof Gundu, on a national television programme.
In the letter written by a lawyer, Ahmed Raji, SAN, on behalf of the governor, he said the “damage caused by the statement of the VC is unquantifiable.”
Prof Gundu had reportedly said on the television programme, “The issue of Nasarawa State has come up and we know that even during (ex-governor) Al-Makura’s time, Fulani were coming there and attacking Benue State, and Al-Makura would call them international hunters. He would call them international hunters, inspite of the fact that Nasarawa State does not have an international hunting grounds, he would call them because he wanted to mask that. And even today, the governor of Nasarawa State, Sule, is also masking the problem.
“Now no other person in his right senses will ever say that the Fulani who are killing and attacking us are coming from outside the country
“‘It is people like Sule the governor of Nasarawa State who is giving them haven, who is giving them refuge, who is getting the lands of his own citizens and giving it to these people.”
The governor in the letter asked the VC to provide evidence or retract his statements within seven day with an apology or face court action.
Dr Raji said in the letter to Prof. Gundu,
“In the foregoing premise, our client hereby challenges you to provide evidence of your allegations therein against him. Surely, the damage occasioned to our client by your deliberate but ill-advised action is unquantifiable.
“However, our client will be assuaged, if you retract the said publication and tender an unreserved public apology to him in at least five nationa! daily newspapers within seven days of receipt of this letter.
“If not, we have our client’s further instructions to seek redress against you in a court of law where exemplary damages will be claimed against you. Kindly be advised.”
