“You Are Economical With The Truth, Dadiyata Was Not A Critic Of Kano State Govt Or Ganduje” – Shehu Sani Replies El-Rufai

By Suleiman Anyalewechi.

The Senator that represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly between 2015 and 2019, Shehu Sani has insisted that missing social critic and activist, Abubakar Idris, popular as Dadiyata, was a die-hard critic of the Kaduna state Government under former Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai.

The Source reports that Dadiyata, a known media commentator on state and national issues was on August, 2, 2019, reportedly abducted by some masked armed men from his home, and taken away to an unknown destination.

The fiery social critic who was  a lecturer in the Department of English and Linguistics at the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State, at the time of the abduction, has remained missing since the unfortunate incident that took place at his Kaduna residence.

At the time of his shocking abduction, and even of recent, accusing fingers had been pointed to the direction of the Kaduna State authorities led by then Governor  El-Rufai, with not a few alleging that Dadiyata may have been targeted owing to his unrelenting attack on the Government.

But speaking on Arise News on Friday, El-Rufai  explained that Dadiyata, contrary to widespread insinuations, was never a critic of the Kaduna State Government, but that of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State where he hails from.

The former Kaduna State helmsman washed his hands off any involvement or knowledge of what actually happened to the missing social critic.

“Dadiyata’s timeline is still around, go and study it. He was not a fierce critic of the Kaduna State Government; he was a fierce critic of the Kano state Government.

” He is from Kano; he is a Kwankwasiyya guy; he lives in Kaduna, and lectures at a University in Katsina State. Go and review his timeline. It was Ganduje that was his problem”,El-Rufai stated.

However , writing on his  official sit, Senator Sani maintained that missing Dadiyata was a fierce critic of the Kaduna State Government under El-Rufai and not that of Kano State Government and or Ganduje.

“Dadiyata was an outspoken critic of Kaduna State Government and Governor, and not of Kano State or Ganduje.

“He is from Kaduna and lives in Kaduna with his family. Everyone in Kaduna knows the critical views of that young man.

Senator Sani also expressed serious concern that the Kaduna State authorities, ever since the sad incident, has neither reacted officially, nor paid sympathy or solidarity visit Dadiyata’s family.

The former Kaduna Central Senator challenged anyone who wants to get the facts of the matter to approach Dadiyata’s family members at their Kaduna residence.