BY SALIU SALIU
ELDER statesman and founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has confirmed reports of his son’s arrest by security operatives.
He said his son, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, who is the Spokesperson for Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, had been detained since Friday after security operatives arrested him on his way back home from a barbing salon.
THE POINT had reported that the younger Yakasai might be preparing for another suspension by his Principal, following his comment, on Friday, that the All Progressives Congress administration at all levels had failed Nigerians in the area of protecting lives and property.
Tanko-Yakassai’s comment came moments after the news of the abduction involving female students of Government Secondary School, in Jangebe, Zamfara State, broke.
In a post on his verified Twitter handle, Ganduje’s spokesperson described the insecurity situation under the APC government as a shame and also called on the government to deal with terrorists decisively or resign.
“Clearly, we as APC government, at all levels, have failed Nigerians in the number 1 duty we were elected to do which is to secure lives & 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,” he tweeted.
Recall that the media aide to the Kano Governor had criticised President Muhammadu Buhari during the #EndSARS protest last October, for failing to address Nigerians.
His principal suspended him for unguarded utterances, having accused the President of lacking empathy for Nigerians but reinstated him after two weeks.
His father however confirmed his arrest but said there was nothing to worry about since he was with security operatives and not kidnappers.
“He was picked yesterday (Friday) when he went to cut his hair at the barbing salon and was returning. But there is nothing to worry about since he is with the security operatives and not kidnappers,” the senior Yakasai said.
