Ganduje Fires Kano Commissioner Over Comments On Abba Kyari’s Death
POLITICS DIGEST – Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has relieved the state’s commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Mu’azu Magaji of his appointment.
He stated this in a statement signed by the commissioner for Information of the state, Malam Muhammad Garba.
Ganduje said the commissioner was removed following what they described as unguarded utterances against the person of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari.
He said as a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respect the profanity of the office by refraining from any act capable of rendering the office to disrepute.
The action of a public servant, personal or otherwise reflects back on the government and therefore, the Ganduje administration would not tolerate people in official capacities engaging in personal vendetta or otherwise.
According to the statement, late Abba Kyari had led a life worthy of emulation by serving his country to the best of his ability.
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The erstwhile Commissioner was reported to have rejoiced the death of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, the late Abba Kyari, saying the country is now free.
Mr Magaji was sworn-in as commissioner on November 5, 2019.
The commissioner, who took a swipe at the deceased in a series of Facebook post on Saturday morning, had previously wished Mr Kyari not to return as Chief of Staff to the President after testing positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago.
The controversial commissioner is known for throwing open expletives on his political opponents on social media, drawing fierce criticism of social media users.
In one of his code-switching posts on Facebook, Mr Magaji prayed for the repose of the deceased but said: “Win win… Nigeria is free and Abba kyari ya mutu a cikin annoba… Mutuwar shahada in Har da Imani mutum ya cika!”
In another post he said: You can’t change history…. You are who you are, and what you do define who you are…. dead or alive!”
