How DSS arrested Kwankwaso’s ex-aideover Boko Haram scare in Kano
By OakTV
14 April 2018 |
5:00 am
Operatives of Department of State Security, DSS, have arrested Chief of Staff of Kano State ex-governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Dr. Yunusa Adamu Dangwani, over alleged involvement in Boko Haram scare that rocked the state.
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