{"id":78843,"date":"2021-02-28T18:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T17:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=78843"},"modified":"2021-02-28T18:24:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T17:24:19","slug":"dss-says-gandujes-aide-arrested-over-issues-other-than-opinion-he-expressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dss-says-gandujes-aide-arrested-over-issues-other-than-opinion-he-expressed\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Says Ganduje\u2019s Aide Arrested Over Issues Other Than Opinion He Expressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1692960337434919959\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Department of State Services (DSS) says the arrest of Mallam Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, the Media Aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State followed issues beyond the expression of opinion in social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Salihu is also the son of elder statesman, Tanko Yakassai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to confirm that Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is with\u00a0the DSS and he is being investigated over issues beyond the expression of opinions in the social media as wrongly alleged by sections of the public,\u2019\u2019 Afunanya stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ganduje, on Saturday, sacked the media adviser over alleged unguarded comments and utterances.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-8592935003064752316freed-1270670436\" data-width=\"394px\" data-minwidth=\"\" data-maxwidth=\"\"><ins><ins id=\"m_-8592935003064752316aswift_4_expand\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><ins id=\"m_-8592935003064752316aswift_4_anchor\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He said Tanko-Yakassai\u00a0failed to differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern.<\/p>\n<p>So, he said, he could not be allowed to continue to serve in a government he does not believe in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State Services (DSS) says the arrest of Mallam Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, the Media Aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State followed issues beyond the expression of opinion&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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