SSS arrests Gandujes aide hours after demanding Buharis resignation

The State Security Service, (SSS), on Friday arrested an aide to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, hours after he criticised President Muhammadu Buharis handling of Nigerias security crisis, according to a Kano government official. Salihu Tanko-Yakasai was taken into custody shortly after his Twitter post condemning Fridays abduction of Zamfara schoolgirls went viral on-line. His arrest was not immediately disclosed, prompting friends to take to social media to raise concerns about his whereabouts on Saturday morning. An SSS official in Kano told newsmen that Tanko-Yakasai was arrested while returning…

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