The Department of State Services, DSS, has denied arresting the Media Aide to Governor Ganduje of Kano State, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai over his comments against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Tanko had on Friday through his Twitter page, while reacting to the abduction of students at Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, said “the fact that the development comes about a week after some schoolboys were also abducted by bandits in Kagara, Niger State, shows the government has failed its primarily responsibility.”
He lamented that the APC-led government had failed Nigerians, noting that it cannot continue to lament when tragedy occurs without taking any action to prevent a repeat.
Shortly after his comments, the whereabouts of Yakasai could not be ascertained, a development which led many to believe that the DSS must have whisked him away.
A report then emerged on Saturday that he has been arrested by the DSS.
Reacting to the arrest, The DSS State Director, Muhammad Alhassan said: “we have not arrest or even invite Yakasai don’t forget he is our friend, sometimes, he advise us on issues of critical Security situations in the state”.
