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Ganduje sacks commissioner for rejoicing over Kyari’s death
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Saturday sacked the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, for rejoicing over the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.
A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, said Magaji was sacked over his unguarded utterances against the late chief of staff.
Kyari died from COVID-19 complications in a Lagos private hospital Friday.
In his first reaction to the news of Kyari’s death, the commissioner said on his Facebook page that “Nigeria is now free.”
He also took a swipe at the deceased in several other posts on social media.
In one of the posts, he said: “Win win… Nigeria is free and Abba Kyari ya mutu a cikin annoba… Mutuwar shahada in Har da Imani mutum ya cika!”
“You can’t change history…. You are who you are, and what you do define who you are…. dead or alive!,” Garba added in another post.
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The statement said as a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respected the weight of his office by refraining from any act capable of subjecting 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,” it added.
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