A former special adviser to the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje detained and arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) has been released.
The DSS arrested Salihu Tanko-Yakasai after he called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign if he could not resolve the persistent insecurity facing the country, especially with the abduction of pupils in Zamfara State.
A brother of the former aide, Abdullahi Yakasai confirmed the release in a tweet on Monday night.
The DSS had arrested Tanko-Yakasai, whose family and friends declared missing on Friday afternoon.
The DSS initially denied arresting him . But after some time, the security agency admitted doing so which attracted a lot of condemnation.
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Ganduje had sacked him over what it termed not differentiating personal comments from an official position.
Later, the DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, while confirming Salihu’s detention, denied that the former aide’s arrest was connected to his criticism of the Buhari regime.
The statement from the agency read, “This is to confirm that Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is with the Department of State Services. He is being investigated over issues beyond the expression of opinions in the social media as wrongly alleged by sections of the public.”
The aide had called on the Buhari government to either deal with bandits in the country or resign.
Tanko-Yakasai was sometime in 2020 suspended from office for several weeks, having earlier criticised Buhari over his failure to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country.
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