BREAKING: DSS Releases Sacked Ganduje’s Aide

• The sacked media aide to Kano State Governor, Salihu Yakasai, has been released from the custody of DSS.
• Yakasai was arrested for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over the rise in school kidnappings.

The sacked media aide to Kano State Governor, Salihu Yakasai, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS)

A brother to Yakasai, Abdullahi, made this known via his Twitter handle.

“Alhamdulilah. My brother @dawisu is out. Thank you all! #freedawisu,” Abdullahi tweeted.

Many Nigerians on social media had condemned the arrest of Yakasai hours after criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over the rise in school kidnappings.

Yakasai, who was until Saturday afternoon, a media aide to Governor Ganduje was arrested by the Department of State Services on Friday.

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The father of the governor’s aide and a founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, had disclosed that his son was arrested on his way to a barbing salon in Kano, the state capital.

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Though the DSS in Kano State initially denied arresting the younger Yakasai, DSS headquarters in Abuja confirmed that the sacked media aide was in its custody.

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