The Department of State Services has arrested Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a social media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State , barely hours after he criticised President Muhammadu Buhari .
Yakasai had in a series of tweets on Friday in reaction to Friday abduction of about 317 female students of Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe , Zamfara State , said the kidnappings had become too frequent .
The governor ’ s aide had also said if it was under another President ’ s watch that the abductions had happened , there would have been more outrage in the North.
He tweeted , “ Clearly , we as APC government , at all levels , have failed Nigerians in the number one duty we were elected to do which is to secure lives and properties . Not a single day goes by without some sort of insecurity in this land. This is a shame! Deal with terrorists decisively or resign.
“ Just last week it was #freekagaraboys , today we have a new hashtag #RescueJangebeGirls , who knows tomorrow what hashtag we will come up with ? Perhaps one for ourselves when we get caught up in one of these daring attacks .
“ This is sad and heartbreaking , I feel helpless and hopeless . “ I completely agree . Hypocrisy is in our DNA . Imagine what ’ s happening in the North now under GEJ or OBJ, what you will hear is he ’ s the enemy of the North and Muslims , but here we are , being ravaged by all sorts of insecurity but no collective rage, sai useless lamentations. SMDH. ”
However, barely hours after Yakasai’ s viral tweets , it was learnt that he suddenly disappeared even as friends and relations began to panic .
Confirming his arrest, one of Ganduje’ s aides on Twitter , @ sadeqhenry tweeted , “ Alhamdulillahi we just confirmed @ dawisu is at DSS office . ”
Attempts to speak with the DSS Spokesman, Peter Afunaya , proved abortive as he neither responded to calls nor a text message on Saturday .
Yakasai, who is the son of elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, was suspended by Ganduje last year for criticising the President . He was , however , reinstated soon after.
