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    DSS Arrests Ganduje's Media Aide After Criticising Buhari and APC

    • Date of Occurrence
      February 26, 2021
    • State/Country
      Kano, Nigeria
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    Salihu had called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to either deal with bandits in the country or resign.
    Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, a media aide to the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has been arrested by the Department of State Services' operatives, Saharareporters has learnt.

    "Alhamdulillah we just confirmed @dawisu is at DSS office," Abubakar, an official of the state government, tweeted on Saturday after people complained of his whereabouts.

    Salihu had called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to either deal with bandits in the country or resign.

    Tanko-Yakasai spoke on Friday while reacting to students' abduction at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

    According to him, the fact that the development comes about a week after bandits also abducted some schoolboys in Kagara, Niger State, shows that the government has failed its primary responsibility.

    He said the All Progressives Congress-led government had failed Nigerians, noting that it cannot continue to lament when tragedy occurs without taking any action to prevent a repeat.

    He wrote on Twitter: "Clearly, we as APC government, at all levels, have failed Nigerians in the number 1 duty we were elected to do which is to secure lives & properties. Not a single day goes by without some insecurity in this land. This is a shame! Deal with terrorists decisively or resign.

    Clearly, we as APC government, at all levels, have failed Nigerians in the number 1 duty we were elected to do which is to secure lives & properties. Not a single day goes by without some sort of insecurity in this land. This is a shame! Deal with terrorists decisively or resign. https://t.co/L5YCvik1Eb

    — Peacock (@dawisu) February 26, 2021

    "Each time another tragedy happens, we lament, condemn, create a hashtag, the govt pretends to do something, no concrete steps to prevent reoccurrence, and then we repeat the process. To what end? Where are those saddled with the responsibility?

    "Just last week, it was #freekagaraboys, today we have a new hashtag, #RescueJangebeGirls; who knows tomorrow what hashtag we will come up with? Perhaps one for ourselves when we get caught up in one of these daring attacks. This is sad & heartbreaking; I feel helpless & hopeless."

    Just last week it was #freekagaraboys, today we have a new hashtag #RescueJangebeGirls, who knows tomorrow what hashtag we will come up with? Perhaps one for ourselves when we get caught up in one of these daring attacks. This is sad & heartbreaking, I feel helpless & hopeless 😪

    — Peacock (@dawisu) February 26, 2021

    The governor's aide was earlier suspended by Ganduje after his remark about Buhari during the #EndSARS protest but was reinstated weeks after.

     

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2021-02-26

    • State/Country

      Kano, Nigeria

    • Perpetrator

      DSS

    • Source

      http://saharareporters.com/2021/02/27/breaking-dss-arrests-gandujes-media-aide-after-criticising-buhari-apc

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    • Right to Free Speech
    Gender of Victim(s)
    • Male
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    • Attack on Free Speech
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