The Kaduna State Government has debunked the reports making the rounds that the state has been renamed Zazzau State.

The Special Adviser Media and Communications to the Kaduna State Governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, made this known via a statement on Tuesday.

Some online platforms had reported that the National Assembly passed a bill renaming Kaduna State, which was subsequently sent by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,  to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.

The report also claimed that the bill which was jointly sponsored by Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Uba Sani, got the approval of 13 members out of 15 of the lower chamber representing different parts of Kaduna State.

Adeleke, however, described the news as fake, calling on citizens of the state to ignore the elaborate piece of fiction that made the claim of renaming the state.

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Also reacting to the report, Senator Sani said it was “a pure lie from the pit of hell”.

The senator further expressed dismay at what he described as “a concocted, subversive, malicious and false information” circulating on social media claiming that President Buhari had signed the bill for the creation of Zazzau State.

He said the claim that the bill was allegedly co-sponsored by him in the Senate with Senator Kwari was false and has no iota of truth.

“My immediate reaction to this outrageous and patently false piece of information is to wonder how mischievous elements can allow their imaginations to run riot, all in a bid to undermine their political opponent.

“How can people go to the extent of planning to destabilise their own state and worsen the insecurity situation because,” Sani said.

The Star