The Department of State Services, DSS, has confirmed that a former aide of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is in their custody.
Questions have been asked over the whereabouts of Tanko-Yakasai since his criticism of the President Muhammadu Buhari government and the All Progressives Congress-led government.
His whereabouts had been earlier clarified by his father who said security operatives took him away.
Confirming the arrest on Saturday, DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said Tanko-Yakasai is under investigation.
The statement read, “This is to confirm that Salihu Tanko-Yakasai is with the Department of State Services. He is being investigated over issues beyond the expression of opinions in the social media as wrongly alleged by sections of the public.”