Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has sacked his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s way of handling the security challenges facing  the country.

The state commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, disclosed this on Saturday in a statement he issued.

Garba noted that the sacking was with immediate effect.

He said in the statement that Yakasai was sacked “over his continued unguarded comments and utterances which are deemed contrary to the stand of the All Progressive Congress government which he is serving.

“The aide had failed to differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern and therefore cannot be allowed to continue to serve in a government he does not believe.”

The governor also “warned political appointees and public servants to guard against making statements capable of drawing superfluous controversy”.

Recall that CEOAFRICA had earlier reported that Yakasai was arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday hours after he tweeted that the Buhari-regime should secure Nigerians 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 had tweeted.