The Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir, on Friday sacked the commissioner for lands, Adamu Aliyu, for issuing a threat to the judges of the governorship election petition tribunal in the state.
In the viral video in which he spoke in Hausa language, Aliyu, at a special prayer session on Friday, held for the success of Yusuf, at the tribunal, said any judge who decides to receive a bribe would have to pay with their life, while also threatened that anyone who tries to contend for the governorship position with death.
However, in a statement on Friday, Baba Dantiye, the information commissioner, said the governor had relieved Aliyu of his appointment over “unguarded comments”, adding that the governor respects and takes the judiciary in high esteem and would not condone any disrespect to them.
Dantiye said Yusuf also sacked his special adviser on youth and sports, Aliyu Yusuf.