Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has fired his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, who called on President Muhammadu Buhari to tender his resignation this week for his inability to secure Nigeria.
The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement Saturday, said the sack is with immediate effect.
Garba said Tanko-Yakasai’s comments are contrary to the position of the All Progressives Congress-led government which he works for.
According to him, “the aide had failed to differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern and therefore cannot be allowed to continue to serve in a government he does not believe in.”
It would be recalled that Yakasai was sometimes in October suspended and later reinstated over what was termed unguarded utterances against the President during the #ENDSARS protest.
His sack comes just hours after he took to his verified twitter handle @dawisu on Friday to tweet in reaction to the latest abduction of about 317 female boarding students from Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
In the tweet, Salihu called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governors to resign or deal decisively with the terrorists and bandits terriorizing the country.
He also said the APC governments at all levels have failed particularly in the primary responsibility to secure the lives of the electorates who brought them into power.
