The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has challenged the Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, to provide evidence that he made a statement undermining the security of the state.
He stated this in response to claims made by the Kano State Government following its 34th Executive Council Meeting.
The government had alleged that one of Barau’s statements could weaken ongoing security efforts in the state.
Reacting via a statement released by his media aide, Ismail Mudashir, the senator dismissed the accusation.
He urged the governor to stop politicising security issues and instead focus on solving the state’s problems.
Barau asserted that insecurity in the country, including bandit attacks in parts of Kano, requires cooperation from everyone.
According to him, “The attention of the media office of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, CFR, FCNA, has been drawn to false, reckless and malicious claims by the Kano State Government… that His Excellency… made a statement capable of undermining the security efforts in the state.”
He added, “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 President of the Senate. There was no time when Senator Barau uttered any statement capable of undermining security efforts.”
Barau said he has always worked with relevant stakeholders to address insecurity in Kano and across Nigeria. He went on to challenge the government again, saying, “We challenge them to produce the clip in which the Deputy President of the Senate made any statement that could undermine security efforts.”
The senator, who is also the First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, called on Governor Yusuf to take governance more seriously.
He said, “Until governance was relegated to the background, our beloved state, Kano, used to be a very close second to Lagos in terms of prosperity, but unfortunately, misgovernance has eroded this.”
He added that Kano can return to its previous glory if the right decisions are taken, saying, “We have everything necessary to restore the glorious days of our state, but the governor is not taking steps in that direction.”
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