Governor Ganduje’s aide Yakasai is reported to have been picked up by Security operatives over his anti-Buhari tweet on Friday.
According to reports, Ganduje’s aide Yakasai was taken into custody shortly after his Twitte, where he made a post condemning Friday’s abduction of 300 Zamfara schoolgirls.
His arrest was not immediately disclosed, prompting friends to take to social media to raise concerns about his whereabouts on Saturday morning.
He was said to have been arrested while returning from the mosque on Friday afternoon.
“Alhamdulillah we just confirmed @dawisu is at DSS office,” a Kano government spokesman also said on Twitter Saturday morning, injecting immediate calm into initial apprehension palpable across the microblogging platform.
“@dawisu was arrested and taken to Abuja from kano. #FreeDawisu now!,” another friend said.
A spokesman for the police in Kano said the matter had not been reported.
Mr. Tanko-Yakasai, who has worked as Mr. Ganduje’s media handler since 2015, was suspended from office for several weeks last year after criticising Mr. Buhari over insecurity. Both Messrs. Ganduje and Buhari are political allies of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
No official statement has been released by the Kano State Government and the Presidency on the issue.