The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Aminu Abdussalam has issued a public apology to the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu over allegations of involvement in the emirship crisis in the state.
The Deputy Governor made the apology while briefing journalists on the recent development from the government angle as regards the emirship tussle.
Aminu Abdussalam, according to TVC, hinted that the Kano government was misled but after discreet investigation believed that the NSA was not involved in the crisis.
Dateline Nigeria reports that the NSA had earlier threatened to file a defamation suit against the Kano State deputy governor over the allegation.
The NSA, in a letter as quoted by Daily Trust, through his lawyers, Aliyu & Musa Chambers, demanded an apology from Abdussalam.
The letter read partly, “We act as solicitors to Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who presently occupies the exalted position of the National Security Adviser (“our client”) and on whose instruction we write this letter.
“The attention of our client was drawn to a video clip being shared on different social media platforms wherein you granted an interview at Emir’s Palace in Kano on Saturday, the 25th day of May 2024, in a very calm atmosphere, and without any provocation whatsoever, falsely accusing our client of using his office to kill the people of Kano State and maim their properties. In the clip, you were shown to be talking in Hausa.
“Your false accusations against our client portraying his office as an appendage of a political party and a willing tool to cause chaos in Kano is false and done with the intention of damaging the hard-earned reputation of our client in the eyes of the right-thinking members of the society and indeed it has succeeded in doing so.”
The NSA’s lawyers stated that the deputy governor should provide substantial evidence to back his claims but without such, should, within 24 hours, retract his accusation and tender a public apology.
It added that failure to do so, their client – Ribadu, would be “compelled to seek redress in a court of law.”
