Ganduje responds to El-Rufai, requires scrutiny of claims on Dadiyata’s disappearance
Former Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has firmly rejected allegations by his former Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, linking him to the disappearance of Abubakar Idris, popularly often called Dadiyata.
In a measured however unequivocal response contained in a press release signed by former Commissioner for Data and Inner Affairs in Kano state, Comrade Muhammad Garba, the previous APC nationwide chairman described the allegation as reckless, unfounded and a transparent try to shift duty for an incident that occurred solely inside Kaduna State.
He emphasised that Dadiyata lived and operated in Kaduna, the place he was broadly identified for steering his criticisms on the Kaduna state authorities.
In response to him, there isn’t a credible report suggesting that the activist’s main focus was the Kano state authorities or Dr. Ganduje.
“Everybody in Kaduna knew the character of the criticism he made and who it was directed at,” he said, noting that duty for safety in Kaduna on the time rested with the state authorities and the related federal safety companies working there.
The assertion referred to as for cautious scrutiny of El-Rufai’s latest remarks, stressing that such critical allegations have to be supported by verifiable proof reasonably than political rhetoric.
“Dragging Ganduje into the matter with out proof, Garba mentioned, not solely politicizes a painful and unresolved episode but in addition dangers additional complicated the general public over an already delicate case.
Contrasting the political climates of each states in the course of the interval in query, Garba maintained that Ganduje’s two-term administration in Kano was marked by tolerance for criticism, open media engagement and acceptance of opposition voices.
“In contrast to many political leaders who maintained strained relationships with the media, we allowed scrutiny, accommodated essential voices and even realized from dissenting views,” he mentioned.
The previous Commissioner added that there was no report of arrests, intimidation or harassment of journalists or critics in Kano throughout Ganduje’s tenure.
He additional noticed that public discourse surrounding Dadiyata’s disappearance has, through the years, centered largely on occasions inside Kaduna state and famous additional that former Senator Shehu Sani had brazenly remarked that many people inside the state had been reluctant to talk publicly concerning the case, whereas commentator Reno Omokri beforehand raised allegations questioning how the matter was dealt with on the time.
Garba additionally expressed concern over El-Rufai’s declare {that a} police officer allegedly confessed to being despatched from Kano to abduct Dadiyata.
He questioned why such grave data, if credible, was not formally disclosed to investigative authorities or pursued transparently by applicable safety channels on the time.
“It’s troublesome to reconcile a declare of getting no prior information of the person with concurrently making detailed assertions about who was accountable,” he famous.
Whereas reiterating sympathy for Dadiyata’s household, Garba confused that the precedence ought to stay on uncovering the reality by lawful and clear investigative processes.
“The household deserves closure,” he mentioned. “What they don’t deserve is for this tragic matter to grow to be an instrument of political blame-shifting.”
He concluded by urging anybody with credible data concerning the kidnapping to current it to the suitable authorities, emphasizing that accountability should relaxation on info and due course of, not hypothesis.