The Kano state Hisbah board said its operatives have arrested Auwal Danladi Sankara, the Jigawa commissioner for special duties, over an alleged illicit affair with a married woman in Kano
Abba Sufi, DG of the Kano Hisbah board, told journalists on Friday, October 18, that operatives arrested the commissioner at an uncompleted building he owns in the city
Hisbah arrested Sankara after Nasiru Bulama, the woman’s husband, reported that the commissioner was engaging in an illicit affair with his wife, Tasleem Baba Nabegu, the mother of his two children. …CONTINUE READING
According to Abba Sufi, Hisbah board’s director general (DG), Sankara was caught red-handed with the married woman in an uncompleted building.
He said the arrest was made possible through tracking after receiving a series of complaints on Sankara. Sufi said: “Yes, it is true, we have arrested Auwal Danladi Sankara, the Jigawa commissioner, with a married woman in an uncompleted building that belongs to him.”
Following the update by Hisbah, Legit.ng looks at some facts about the embattled Jigawa commissioner.
1) Ally of Badaru
Going by picture posts on his known Facebook page, Sankara is a big supporter of Mohammed Abubakar Badaru.
Badaru is the current minister of defence of Nigeria and the immediate past governor of Jigawa state. The minister is a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
2) Ex-SSA in Jigawa Sankara worked under Badaru as the senior special assistant (SSA) to the governor on new media.
In Nigeria, the SSA role is given to a person to assist a particular leader in a specific field.
3) Auwal Sankara in second year as commissioner
In July 2022, Badaru appointed Sankara as commissioner, special duties.
Sankara was screened by the state house of assembly, where he was accepted unanimously by all the members, Blueprint newspaper noted.
4) Married since 2015 According to information on his Facebook page, Sankara got married in April 2015.
The status of his marriage is, however, not immediately, clear.
5) Brother to PDP house of reps aspirant
Nafiu Danladi Sankara, a former house of representatives aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is Auwal Sankara’s brother.
Nafiu Sankara is the managing director (MD) of Sankara Nigeria Limited.
He should be charge to court immediately, it should be a lesson to others
Islam with pretence as if they are angel whereas they are the most corrupt and cheat. How will you travel all the way from jigawa to Kano to sleep with a married woman in an uncompleted building. What a sham