Kano State govrnor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has denied sacking Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG. The governor described the report as a “useless” talk without any iota of truth.
The state’s helmsman was reported to have sacked Bichi last year, after appointing the state’s Head of Service, as acting SThe governor and the SSG were also said to have exchange blows due to some political disagreement.
Governor Yusuf who was sacked last year from office by the Court of Appeal, and has now appealed to the Supreme Court, described the reports of the alleged feud with his SSG, as the product from the rumour mill without any proof.
According to him, what happened is that the SSG has been “sick” and since the position cannot be vacant due to its importance, somebody had to be appointed in acting capacity pending Bichi recuperation.
He said, “I overheard some useless persons speaking with full authority on the local radio programme that there was an exchange of deadly blows between myself and the SSG.
“You know, some people who are jobless see politics as their source of living, and they always try to create rumours to create unnecessary tension, but this time they have failed woefully.”
“Because we have appointed the State Head of Service as acting SSG, that does not mean we sacked Bichi; we cannot allow the position to be vacant because of its sensitive nature.” On December 21, the Supreme Court reserved the judgement after hearing the appeal brought by Governor Yusuf, against the Court of Appeal judgment which had earlier declared Nasir Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of last year’s governorship election.
