Group calls for sack of Sokoto lecturer for alleged plagiarism

The outrage that greeted the news of 700 million budgeted for the Sultan of Sokoto is yet to die down - The Sokoto state government has come under severe criticisms since the news leaked to the media - A lecturer in the state University has however burnt his fingers while joining the conversation A group, Sokoto Transparency Network has called for the sack of a lecturer, Mr. Abubakar Bako Tambuwal at the state University over alleged plagiarism. The group in a statement signed by its chairman, Chika Shehu Mina Natalie and secretary, Habibu Kofar Rini, alleged the lecturer plagiarized an article published by one Wale Fatade in The cable.

Fatade had taken the Sokoto state government to the cleaners for purchasing a N700 million naira house for the Sultan of Sokoto in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. “The governor surely preferred the endorsement of Sultan for a second term to the votes of ordinary citizens, hence his decision to spend more on one person at the detriment of many,” Fatade wrote in the widely read article.  Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has been subjected to severe criticisms since the story leaked to the media. Sokoto state government The group alleged that Mr Bako used the works of Mr Fatade on his Facebook page without proper attribution. “The action of Abubakar Bako is a shame to the teaching profession. If he must criticize, he must be intellectual about it. “It is a shame that a university lecturer can be caught pant down plagiarizing the work of a notable writer like Mr Wale Fatade. “As a group, we call on the university's Vice Chancellor to take strict disciplinary actions against Mr Bako who might also be plagiarizing other writers for his academic papers,” the statement said. In a statement released on Thursday July 27, the spokesperson to governor Aminu Tambuwal, Imam Imam, stated that that the funds were approved to purchase a befitting office and guest house for the Sultanate Council in Abuja. According to the governor’s aide, the amount was approved by the state House of Assembly, and all laid down procedures were followed in the process of the acquisitions.