Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has sacked the Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan in a major cabinet reshuffle since elected into office.
Aruwan, an Ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai’s loyalist, who is widely seen as a stooge to the former Kaduna State governor was replaced by James Atung Kanyip.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ibrahim Musa, on Saturday in Kaduna said 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.
Aruwan was appointed in 2019 as the first Commissioner for Internal Security when the ministry was created by the administration of El-Rufai.
Before his deployment to the security ministry, Aruwan was the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on media from 2015 to 2019.
Earlier in October, the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, asked the state government to suspend Aruwan and three others for alleged breach of trust.
On November 8, Mr. Aruwan was charged on alleged false asset declaration involving omission and refusal to declare his accounts with certain Nigerian banks prior to his deployment to the security ministry.
