Kaduna Governor Sani sacks internal security commissioner Samuel Aruwan in major reshuffle

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, in a major cabinet reshuffle, has sacked the Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, alongside other key members of his cabinet.

This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ibrahim Musa, issued on Saturday in Kaduna.

It will be recalled that Aruwan was appointed in 2019 by the immediate past governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, then as the first Commissioner for Internal Security when the ministry was created.

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Before his deployment to the security ministry, Aruwan was the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on media from 2015 to 2019.

In his place was appointed James Atung Kanyip as the new Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs.

Other commissioners appointed by the governor are; Ibrahim Mohammed as the new Commissioner for Finance; Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as Commissioner for Finance; Barde Yunana Markus as Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs; Farida Abubakar Ahmed as Executive Director (Radio), Kaduna State Media Corporation (KSMC); and Vitus Azuka Ewuzie as Senior Special Assistant, Legal Matters.

Others are; Francis Damina as Senior Special Assistant, Research and Documentation; Victor Mathew Bobai as Senior Special Assistant, Public Affairs; Abdulmutallib Isah as Senior Special Assistant, Special Duties; and Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim as Special Assistant, Economic Matters.

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