Human rights lawyer, FEMI FALANA, has condemned the arrest of SALISU TANKO-YAKASSAI, a former Special Adviser on Media to Kano State Governor, ABDULLAHI GANDUJE.
He was arrested by the Department of State Services shortly after criticizing the administration of President BUHARI on Twitter.
FALANA in a statement titled, ‘Asking Buhari to Resign is Not An Offence” described the arrest of YAKASSAI as discriminatory and illegal.
He noted that in the National Assembly, there had been calls by legislators for BUHARI’s resignation or impeachment on the grounds that criminal gangs have taken over the monopoly of violence in the country.
He recalled that the APC and its leaders including BUHARI and TINUBU repeatedly called for former President JONATHAN’s resignation between yet they were never subjected to any form of intimidation for exercising their freedom of expression at that time.
Elder statesman, TANKO YAKASAI, said that a lawyer and SALIHU’s brother visited Abuja and applied for permission at the DSS office to talk him, but they were denied access to him.
