Tag: Salihu Yakasai
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Amnesty International faults arrest of Salihu Yakasai
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has criticized the arrest of Salihu Tanko Yakasai, who was arrested hours after criticising the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the rise in school kidnappings. Yakasai, who was until Saturday afternoon, a media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, was detained by the Department of State…
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DSS denies arresting Ganduje’s aide over social media comments criticizing Buhari
The Department of State Services (DSS) Kano State Directorate, said it has not arrested Mr Salihu Yakasai over his recent tweets against President Muhammadu Buhari. Director DSS Kano Directorate, Alhassan Muhammed disclosed this to Journalists on Saturday. Yakasai, who comments regularly on national issues was rumoured to have been picked by the secret police in…
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Ganduje’s aide calls Buhari-led government failure over fresh abductions in Zamfara
An aide to the Kano State Governor, Salihu Yakasai on Friday described president Muhammadu Buhari-led government as a failure, while calling for the resignation of persons in power who have failed to curb the insecurity challenges in Nigeria. Clearly, we as APC government, at all levels, have failed Nigerians in the number 1 duty we…