By Ismail Auwal
Shortly after being quizzed by the Kano State Command of the Department of State Service (DSS), Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi has tendered public apology to Ms Zainab Nasir Ahmad.
According to the apology he posted on his Facebook page, Abdullahi said, “Reference to my post on the other day, that caused damaged to Zainab Ahmad Nasir, I hereby write to tender my apology to her and her family.”
“I was called to discuss the effect that the post might have caused and required to pull down the post which I did since the first day and tender this apology.”
“I sincerely thank everybody that called me on phone from the first day to correct me on what I have done,” he wrote.
Abdullahi in an interview with SAHELIAN TIMES said he received a call from DSS personnel inviting him to their headquarters in Kano, on Friday.
“The caller identified himself as a DSS personnel and he invited me to their headquarters in Kano. I could not make it to the office until today, Saturday,” he said.
“We arrived at the state command around 2:31 pm, and I was questioned about my general activities on Facebook and the post I made concerning Zainab Nasir. They ordered me to publicly apologise to her” he added.
Abdullahi was also asked to return to the DSS headquarters on Monday by 3:00 pm.
Abdullahi, had, on his Facebook page, posted a picture of Ms Nasir with a caption, “Malala ta shushe mu”, meaning “Malala has deceived us,” shortly after the Pakistani born activist announced her marriage.
This post prompted Zainab to threatened legal action against him.
“I’m writing this to let Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi know that I’m on the process of taking a legal action against him and refunds for the damages caused by his behavior through using my picture and turning it into subject of ridicule in public. I spoke to my family and close friends and I accept the kind advices by them to take an action legally to protect myself and preserve my dignity,” Zainab posted.
