The wife of the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Aisha Bichi, has ordered the arrest the Kano State governorship candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, Abba Yusuf.
Yusuf was said to have been arrested following a confrontation between himself and Bichi at the VIP lounge gate of the Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday night.
The NNPP governorship candidate’s convoy was said to have caused traffic congestion which prevented Bichi’s convoy from gaining access to the VIP lounge.
In a move to clear the ensuing traffic gridlock, there was an altercation between the DSS operatives and the aides of the governorship candidate, which degenerated into a confrontation between Yusuf and Bichi following an exchange of angry words between them.
Bichi was said to have threatened to ensure that Yusuf did not board his flight and the governorship candidate was barred from boarding an Air Peace flight heading for Abuja before he was arrested.
According to PUNCH, a source said, “The DSS DG’s wife actually ordered the arrest of the Kano governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Abba Yusuf, and barred him from boarding an Air Peace flight from Kano to Abuja on the fateful Sunday night.
“The trouble started at the gate of the VIP lounge of the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano when the motorcade of the politician caused traffic which delayed Bichi’s convoy from gaining entry into the controlled area.
“The action really angered Bichi as her security guards started beating up people and hitting vehicles for blocking the VIP gate.”
However, all efforts to contact the spokesman for the NNPP candidate, Sanusi Dawakintofa, were not successful as his line was switched off.
The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who confirmed Yusuf’s arrest said he was arrested for a suspected breach of security and kept in custody.
“He is in custody. He was validly taken in for a suspected breach of security,” Afunanya noted.