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November 6, 2022
Lawal accused the Zamfara State Government and All Progressives Congress (APC) of masterminding the fake news to tarnish his image and reputation.
Following the claims that the Zamfara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Dr. Dauda Lawal submitted certificates with contradictory information to the Independent National Electoral Commission, the governorship candidate has debunked the allegations.
There are allegations that the certificates have different names, dates of birth, and hometowns.
Lawal refuted the claim in a statement issued by Dauda Lawal Media Office on Sunday, in which it described it as malicious falsehood and fake news aimed at blackmailing the PDP candidate.
Lawal accused the Zamfara State Government and All Progressives Congress (APC) of masterminding the fake news to tarnish his image and reputation.
The statement read in part, “The attention of the Dauda Lawal Media Office has been drawn to a misleading story on documents submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the Zamfara State PDP Governorship Candidate, Dauda Lawal.
“This is one of the many orchestrated efforts by the Zamfara State Government and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are afraid of Lawal’s ever-rising popularity and acceptance by the Zamfara electorates. It is the handiwork of unscrupulous elements that are afraid of squaring up against him in the forthcoming 2023 election.
“In the story, it was written that Dr. Dauda Lawal has presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission certificates with different names, different dates of birth, alteration of result, false declaration, and false place of birth. The story added that the PDP candidate also presented to INEC a primary school certificate bearing the name ADO DAUDA. In contrast, the secondary school certificate he presented to the commission has ADO DAUDA LAWAL as his name. Also, his university and NYSC certificates carry DAUDA LAWAL.
“For the record, Dr. Dauda Lawal’s mother was from Guga, a village in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State. Lawal was from childhood carried by his maternal Grandfather, Alhaji Ado.
“Alhaji Ado, Lawal’s maternal grandfather, enrolled him in the Guga Primary School in 1972. It was out of respect and part of the tradition that Dauda Lawal used Alhaji Ado’s name as his surname while in primary school. That was how he ended up with the name Ado Dauda on his primary school leaving certificate.
“After he finished Guga Primary School, Alhaji Ado enrolled Dauda Lawal into Government Secondary School, Kachia in Kaduna State. He was registered as Ado Dauda Lawal, the combination of Dauda, his name; Lawal, his father; and Ado, his maternal grandfather.
“At the completion of his secondary school, Dauda Lawal got admitted into the famous Ahmadu Bello University and graduated in 1987 with a BSc. in Political Science. He obtained an MSc. in Political Science/International Relations from the same university in 1992. All these certificates carry the name Dauda Lawal because he attended them after leaving his maternal grandfather’s place and staying with his father."
He said the publication was a desperate attempt by the corrupt establishment in Zamfara to divert people's attention from the multiple corrupt and criminal allegations against Governor Bello Matawalle and his administration.
"We want to assure all PDP supporters in Zamfara to disregard and ignore this latest unfounded mischief and continue working on consolidating the party's continued sharp rise to victory in the upcoming 2023 general elections," the statement added.