Principal gets death threats for releasing Buhari’s results

Barely 24 hours after releasing Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari’s 1961 West African School Certificate
(WASC) results, the Principal of the Government
College, Katsina, Mallam Isyaku Bello, has been
receiving death threats.
The source of the threats could not be ascertained
last night.
The principal was summoned by his employers,
the Katsina State Ministry of Education, in
connection with the release of the results, sources
close to Mallam Bello said last night.
The embattled principal was said to have explained
that he needed to defend the integrity of the
college (formerly Provincial Secondary School,
Katsina) and not Gen. Buhari.
Bello made distress calls to his friends and
relatives, The Nation learnt.
One source said: “Some forces were unhappy with
the issuance of results to Gen. Buhari and they
have been threatening the principal. They have
been calling him names, abusing him. Some were
actually threatening to deal with him.
“They told the principal that he ought to have left
Buhari to his fate instead of releasing his results.
“Faced with pressure, the principal has reached out
to friends and relatives on the threats. He
explained that he did so to protect the integrity of
the college and not anybody’s.
“We hope that no harm will come upon the
principal, who was just doing his job.”
It was unclear as at press time last night whether
Bello had reported the threat to the police or not.
He did not pick his calls and messages to his
telephone were not replied.
A highly-placed source in APC Presidential
Campaign Council confirmed the threats.
He said: “This is an unfortunate development if it
is true that the principal is really being harassed
for doing an official assignment.”
But another source said: the Katsina State
Government actually consented to the release of
the results by the Ministry of Education in view of
the sensitive nature of the issue at hand.
A government source said: “Since the WASC
results of Buhari had become political, the position
of the government was that the principal ought to
have cleared the air after all Buhari is a citizen of
the state.
When contacted, the SA Media to Governor Ibrahim
Shema, Mr. Lawal Ahmad Matazu, said: ”Is that
so? I’m hearing it for the first time from you. I will
find out. Thanks.”