The State Security Service has freed Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, the former spokesman to the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje.

A brother to Yakasai, Abdullahi, made this known via his Twitter handle.

“Alhamdulilah. My brother @dawisu is out. Thank you all! #freedawisu,” Abdullahi tweeted.

Many Nigerians on social media had condemned the arrest of Yakasai hours after criticising President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the rise in school kidnappings.

“My brother has just been released by DSS. We are now driving home,” he said without further elaboration regarding the conditions of the bail.

The SSS admitted on Saturday that Mr Tanko-Yakasai was in their custody after a mounting social media storm over the arrest.

The Kano State Director of the service, Alhassan Mohammed, earlier on Saturday morning denied arresting Mr Tanko-Yakasai, describing the report as mere rumor.

But in a terse statement on Saturday night, spokesman for the service, Peter Afunanya, confirmed the general belief that the social media influencer was arrested by the service.

In the wake of the arrest, Mr. Ganduje announced his sack over “unguarded utterances” and criticism against the ruling APC.

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