Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has sacked the Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning Adamu Aliyu Kibiya and Special Adviser on Youths, Yusuf Imam for their disrespectful statements against the Judiciary and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
Commissioner for Information Baba Halilu Dantiye announced this while briefing newsmen at the Kano Government House.
The two officials had in a viral video abused Vice President Kashim Shettima and threatened to kill judges of the state governorship election petition tribunal if they upturned the election of Yusuf.
The governor has distanced himself from the “unguarded utterances,” according to the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Baba Halilu-Dantiye.
The commissioner said at a press conference in Kano that the governor had sacked the two officials with immediate effect
“Kano State Government has respect for Vice President Kashim Shettima and the judiciary; henceforth no government official should talk on any issue outside his ministry or agency,” Halilu-Dantiye said.
He urged people of the state to be law abiding and respect the rule of law.
