The Department of State Services (DSS) confirmed Sunday the arrest of Mallam Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, the Media Aide to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State.
It said his arrest and subsequent detention were beyond issues of expression of opinion(s) on the social media.
The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya said in a statement: “This is to confirm that Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is with the DSS and he is being investigated over issues beyond the expression of opinions in the social media as wrongly alleged by sections of the public.”
Gov. Ganduje had, on Saturday, sacked the media adviser over alleged unguarded comments and utterances.
He had said Tanko-Yakassai failed to differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern.
The Kano state government said Salihu could not be allowed to continue to serve in a government he did not believe in.
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