Reps Minority Whip Petitions Police Alleging Criminal Defamation By Constituents

The Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Ali Isa, has petitioned the Nigerian Police Force, Gombe State Command, over what he called a criminal defamation and injurious falsehood against his person and the national assembly.

In the complaint titled, ‘Petition against Thomas Likka and Yusuf Bindeka for criminal defamation and injurious falsehood against my person and the National Assembly’, dated June 23, 2025, he said, “I write to formally request an investigation to be conducted on the persons mentioned above for the following reasons.

“Messrs Thomas Likka and Yusuf Bindeka have, through their various social media handles, maliciously defamed me by fabricating and circulating utterly false, baseless, reckless and unfounded allegations against me with the sole aim of causing animosity and disaffection among the people of different faiths that I represent at the National Assembly.

“In pursuit of this mischief, Mr. Thomas Likka created a video that went viral in which he made unfounded claims against a church that I helped in their building project. Please, find attached the relevant documents showing how I assisted the church and the video created and shared by Thomas in which he made false allegations against me and the church.

“In furtherance of their campaign of calumny against me and the National Assembly, the two men spread the falsehood that I receive allowances in billions of Naira at the National Assembly with no accountability, which is intended to mislead the general public and create a false impression that I diverted public funds.

“The two men have not only defamed me with their lies but are also trying to cause religious crises or incitement, in their Facebook/Whatsapp handles.”

He added, “In the light of the facts highlighted above, if the criminal activities of Messrs Thomas Likka and Yusuf Bindeka are not put in check, they will continue to cause reputational harm to innocent people in the society and even cause disharmony among members of the public, which could lead to the breakdown of law and order.

“As such, I urge you to kindly consider the gravity of the offences committed by the two men and cause a proper investigation to be made in the interest of justice.

“While I look forward to your swift action on this case, please accept the assurance of my warm regards.”

Reps Minority Whip Petitions Police Alleging Criminal Defamation By Constituents is first published on The Whistler Newspaper