Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the suspension of his social media aide, Salihu Yakasai for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari on Twitter.
The social media aide, who tweets from @dawisu, had berated the president over his failure to address Nigerians protesting to demand an end to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
His criticism came hours before the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu announced the scrapping of the tactical squad for violating human rights of Nigerians.
“I have never seen a government with zero empathy like that of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“So many times when his people are going through a difficult time and expect some sort of tap on shoulder to reassure them that he is in charge, but he failed to do so.
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“The ‘I don’t care attitude’ is on another level.
“To speak to your own people over issues that are bedevilling them has become something like a favour you are doing to them.
“Over and over again, you cannot spare five minutes to address the nation to calm them down, the same people you went to the 36 states to beg for their votes, it is heartbreaking,” Yakasai tweeted Sunday morning.
But a Kano State Government statement read, “Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has suspended his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai over some unguarded utterances on the person of President Muhammadu Buhari on the social media platform.
“The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement this afternoon, said the suspension is with immediate effect.
“He said that though the media aide has own up the indiscreet comment as his personal opinion, but that as a public figure, it will be difficult to differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern.
“The governor, therefore, warned political appointees and public servants to guard against making statements capable of drawing unnecessary controversy and heating up the polity.”