The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has advised Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State against politicising security issues, urging him instead to concentrate on resolving the growing challenges confronting the state.
Barau’s reaction followed a claim by the state government that his recent comments on the security situation in the state were capable of undermining ongoing security operations.
The commissioner of information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya made the allegation while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting on Friday late evening.
However in a statement on Saturday by his media aide, Ismail Mudashir, Barau dismissed the allegation as baseless and challenged the state government to produce evidence of any comment he made that could aggravate insecurity in Kano.
The statement said, “The attention of the media office of the Deputy President of the Senate has been drawn to the false, reckless and malicious claims by the Kano State Government through its Commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, alleging that Senator Barau made statements undermining security efforts.
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“It is unfortunate that the state government has reduced governance to fabricating lies aimed at tarnishing the Deputy President of the Senate’s growing reputation.”
Barau insisted that he had never made any comment capable of jeopardising security operations, adding that he had consistently collaborated with stakeholders to tackle the security challenges affecting parts of Kano and the wider country.
“We challenge them to produce the clip where the Deputy President of the Senate made any statement capable of undermining security efforts,” the statement added.
Barau urged Governor Yusuf to “wake up from slumber” and take charge of the administration of the state.
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“Until governance was pushed aside, Kano used to be second only to Lagos in terms of prosperity. Unfortunately, misgovernance has eroded this. We have everything necessary to restore the state’s glory, but the governor is not taking steps in that direction,” Barau said.
“Senator Barau has made significant contributions to enhancing security in Kano State. The state government should emulate such efforts rather than casting aspersions on his personality,” the statement added.
