Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has sacked his Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Engineer Mu’azu Magaji, for celebrating the death of Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Kano commissioner
was said to have taken to his Facebook wall and twitter to make indiscreet
comments to celebrate the death of Kyari who passed away on Friday night from
the coronavirus pandemic.
Ganduje in a swift reaction through a
statement by his Commissioner of Information, Muhammad Garba relieved Magaji of
his appointment with immediate effect.
According to the statement, “the commissioner was removed following his unguarded utterances against the person of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari.
“He (Ganduje) said as a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respected 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 a personal vendetta or otherwise.
“Late Abba Kyari had led a life worthy of emulation by serving his country to the best of his ability,” the statement read.
Magaji had allegedly posted on his Facebook wall: “Win-win… Nigeria is free and Abba Kyari ya mutu a cikin annoba… Mutuwar Shahada in Har da Imani mutum ya cika!” meaning “Win-win… Nigeria is free and Abba Kyari died in a disastrous way without faith.”
Other sources said the commissioner also tweeted: “We pray this time around, may God give us a good Chief of Staff, CoS”.
And shortly after he was relieved of his appointment, Magaji allegedly wrote in Hausa language on his Facebook wall: “Nima na shiga laying murabus… Saidai ba inda aka tafi dani, ina nan a Kano Daram,” meaning “I have joined the club of dethronement but I have not been taken to anywhere. I am still in Kano.”