By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The immediate past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has lashed out at the Kano State Government for calling for his arrest.
The Source reports that the State Government had, on Friday, November 28, 2025, after their Executive Council meeting, called on security agencies to effect the immediate arrest and questioning of Ganduje, over alleged incendiary and inflammatory comments amidst the unprecedented security challenges facing the State.
The State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waya, while briefing the Media on the outcome of the Council Meeting, accused Dr Ganduje, who is also the immediate past Governor of the State of escalating tension and promoting insecurity in the state through his inciting comments as well as insidious movies to create a 12, 000 strong militia in Kano.
Waya alleged that Ganduje indulged in some potentially dangerous rhetorics while reacting to last week’s unusual terrorists attack in some Communities in Tsanyawa Local Government where over 10 persons, including women, were abducted.
According to the Information Commissioner, security agencies should arrest Ganduje over his plans to establish a militia, and also his links with some incidents of security breaches recorded of recent in some parts of the state.
“Council deliberated extensively over the recent inflammatory statements made by a former Governor of the State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, who alleged that the state is vulnerable to banditry activities and further announced plans to recruit 12,000 individuals under a proposed religious police outfit named Khairul Nas .
“Council noted that the utterances were reckless and capable of undermining the security efforts of the Kano State Government and the President Tinubu-led administration which have demonstrated genuine concern for the plights of the citizens and had continued to work tirelessly to safeguard their lives and properties across the nation.
“That less than 48 hours after the statement, suspected bandits infiltrated some border communities in the State, raising concerns that the remarks might have been premeditated or linked to the assault”, Waya stated.
But reacting to the Kano state Government’s accusations, Dr Ganduje, on Saturday, November 29, 2025, in a statement by his media aide, Edwin Olofu, described the call for his arrest and questioning as most unfortunate ,and smacking of recklessness.
This is as he insisted that the position of the state Government is a stark reflection of desperation and incompetence.
According to the former Governor, the disposition of the Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf’s administration in the face of the security challenges facing the State, tantamount to a disdainful abdication of responsibility and resort to blame game.
” It is deeply unfortunate that rather than addressing the escalating insecurity ravaging the state, Governor Yusuf has chosen to chase shadows, searching for scapegoats to conceal his glaring failures.
“At a time when communities such as Bagwai, Shanono and Tsanyawa, and other affected areas are living in fear, the Governor has neither visited, nor shown empathy towards the victims.
“His continued absence in moments that require leadership speaks volumes of his disconnect from the people he claims to serve”, Ganduje stated.
The APC former National Chairman emphasized that while in the saddle, Kano state was completely insulated from the criminal activities of bandits and other terrorists.
According to him, for eight years, Kano not only was able to keep at bay terrorist elements, but also enjoyed uninterrupted peace and stability, a development that earned it national commendation.
He urged Governor Yusuf to be humble enough to seek help on how to maintain peace and safeguard lives and properties of residents if he has run out of ideas on how to address the situation
Ganduje also called on the present Kano State authorities to indulge less in distractive politics and concentrate on the task of governance, especially in this perilous and challenging.period .
In the same vein, the Deputy Senate President, while challenging the state Government to provide evidence of the purported incendiary statement made by him, lamented the slide in the fortunes of the State owing to lackluster leadership in.recent times .
In statement from his media aide, Ismail Mudashiru, at the weekend, the Senator denied the allegations from the Kano state Government, noting that contrary to the position of the State authorities, he has made tremendous contributions to the maintenance of peace and stability in Kano.
“The attention of the media office of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has been drawn to false, reckless and malicious claims by the Kano State Government through the State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waya, that His Excellency, the Deputy Senate President, made a statement capable of undermining the security efforts in the state.
“It is unfortunate that the State Government has relegated governance to this low by concocting ,and fabricating lies to tarnish the growing reputation of the Deputy Senate President.
“There was no time when Senator Barau uttered any statement capable of undermining security efforts. Instead, he has been at the forefront, collaborating with all stakeholders to address the security challenges in parts of Kano and other areas in the country.
“We challenge them (Kano state authorities) to produce the clip in which the Deputy President of the Senate made any statement that could undermine security efforts.
” Until governance was relegated to the background, our beloved state, Kano used to be very close to Lagos in terms of prosperity, but unfortunately, misgovernance has eroded that.
“We have everything necessary to restore the glory days of our State, but the Governor is not taking steps in that direction” Barau stated
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