Gov Ganduje Sacks Media Adviser For Demanding Buhari’s Resignation

Following his arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has fired his special adviser on media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity in the country. 

Yakasai, popularly known as Dawisu, had described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a failure and demanded President Buhari’s resignation over incessant abductions of schoolchildren across the country. 

The DSS operatives were said to have picked up Dawisu after he took to twitter to criticise the president and the ruling APC. 

Governor Ganduje, in a statement signed by the Kano State Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, said Dawisu’s sacking followed his continued, “unguarded comments and utterances which are deemed contrary to the stand of the All Progressive Congress (APC) government which he is serving.” 

The statement said Dawisu, “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.

“The governor also warned political appointees and public servants to guard against making statements capable of drawing superfluous controversy.” 

Garba further stated that Governor Ganduje remained committed to, “the policies and programmes of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.”

THE WHISTLER had reported that Dawisu was last year suspended by Governor Ganduje after he accused President Buhari of being “insensitive” to public outcry during the #EndSARS protests that took place in parts of the country.

Dawisu had said no government in Nigeria’s history had expressed “zero empathy” for public plight as the one being led by President Buhari.

But Garba, who announced the aide’s suspension at the time, said the public might find it difficult differentiating between Dawisu’s personal opinion and the state government’s official stand on matters of public concern.

Recall also that Governor Ganduje had similarly sacked the state’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, for criticising President Buhari’s late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, after he died of COVID-19 complications.