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Dadiyata: Two Years In Disappearance For ‘No Reason’

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wbahLDQ2" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa<&sol;p><div class&equals;"vQFJFPny" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The morning of 1st August&comma; 2019&comma; I received a phone call informing me that a member of my team has been taken away from his residence in Kaduna by unknown men&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"mPDcNhL0" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Then&comma; I was working at the office of PDP governorship candidate for Kano 2019 as Director of Press and Public Relations &sol;Spokesman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I was also side by side&comma; leading a team of social media influencers who voluntarily support my boss&&num;8217&semi;s campaign activities right from the inception period&comma; some of them are beneficiaries of Kwankwasiyya administration&&num;8217&semi;s foreign scholarships who decided to pay back the good gesture Sen&period; Kwankwaso accorded them to study abroad&comma; Dadiyata is one of them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the call&comma; I quickly informed my boss who asked me to issue a press statement&comma; believing it was political intimidation from the side of the ruling party&period; The story attracted attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since the very first day&comma; the story of Dadiyata&&num;8217&semi;s whereabouts became unknown to all of us&comma; including his family members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we pray for the rescue of Abubakar Dadiyata in the last two years&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s one thing that annoys me anytime when people are discussing the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;02&sol;northerners-swept-pdp-from-power-over-boko-haram-allegation-lamido&sol;">Northerners Swept PDP From Power Over Boko Haram Allegation-Lamido<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I mean that body language indicating that he&&num;8217&semi;s being taken away for political reasons should stop&comma; Dadiyata is certainly taken away by his enemies&comma; I mean real enemies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There have been indications that he might have been kidnapped by unknown criminal gangsters&comma; who may just be interested in snatching his car and probably the money in his pocket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I am beginning to suspect that the Abubakar is no longer with us&comma; the country is so unsafe that one can disappear for 2years and remain alive&comma; people are kidnapped&comma; some are killed every day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One will begin to wonder&comma; who could keep Dadiyata for two years&quest; certainly not the usual way of how security agencies make their arrest and detention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In two years&comma; no one could give a clue to his <a href&equals;"whereahttps&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;merriam-webster&period;com&sol;dictionary&sol;whereaboutsbouts">whereabouts<&sol;a>&quest; no one claims his arrest or kidnapping&comma; Dadiyata&&num;8217&semi;s case has been mysterious from day one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I don&&num;8217&semi;t believe that Abubakar is kidnapped because he was a social media influencer&comma; a member of Kwankwasiyya or a lecturer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was taken away from his residence by criminals&comma; who couldn&&num;8217&semi;t be tracked by the security agencies&comma; no group or individual shall be blamed&comma; let us intensify prayers for him&comma; please&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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