Former Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has strongly denied allegations by former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai linking him to the disappearance of Abubakar Idris (Dadiyata).<\/p>\n
In a statement signed by Comrade Muhammad Garba, former Commissioner for Information in Kano, the claims were described as reckless, unfounded, and a clear attempt to shift responsibility for an incident that occurred in Kaduna State.<\/p>\n
The statement stressed that Dadiyata lived and operated in Kaduna, where his criticisms were directed, and security responsibility at the time rested with the Kaduna State Government and federal agencies.<\/p>\n
Garba questioned why any alleged confession implicating Kano was never formally presented to security authorities, insisting that serious accusations must be backed by verifiable evidence \u2014 not political rhetoric.<\/p>\n
He urged that the focus remain on lawful investigation and justice for Dadiyata\u2019s family, warning against politicizing a painful and unresolved matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccountability must be based on facts and due process, not speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Recall that, while featuring on Arise TV Primetime programme on Friday night, El’Rufai had flatly denied culpability in Dadiyata’s disappearance, and suggested that Ganduje may have been responsible.<\/p>\n
According to El’Rufai, Dadiyata was not a critic of the Kaduna State Government under his watch but of the Kano State Government under Ganduje’s governorship.<\/p>\n
“Dadiyata\u2019s timeline is still around, go and study it. He was not a fierce critic of the Kaduna State Government; he was a fierce critic of the Kano State Government. He\u2019s from Kano, he\u2019s a Kwankwasiyya guy. He lived in Kaduna and lectured at a university in Katsina State. Go and review his timeline. It was Ganduje that was his problem,\u201d said El’Rufai.
\nHe added, “When we investigated, all that we could gather from his family was that the abductors came, took him, and they came from Kano. So if anybody is to be asked questions about the disappearance of Dadiyata, it\u2019s the Kano State Government. It has nothing to do with the Kaduna State Government. We didn\u2019t even know he existed. I didn\u2019t even know he existed until he was abducted.
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\nThree years after Dadiyata was abducted, a policeman that was posted out of Kano to Ekiti State confessed to someone that they were sent from Kano and they took the guy, they abducted Dadiyata, and he felt bad about it. That\u2019s the only thing I know,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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