Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has suspended a permanent secretary from the cabinet office, malam Nasiru Abubakar Kigo for claiming that Kebbi and Sokoto have the highest number of registered gays and lesbians.
His Chief Press Secretary,Alhaji Ahmed Idris, confirmed the indefinite suspension on Friday.
According to him, the suspended permanent secretary has been issued a letter of suspension from Kebbi state head of service ,Alhaji Malami Shekare.
The letter partly reads:”According to civil service rules you are to proceed on suspension pending the outcome of investigation on your claims of registered homosexuals and lesbians in Kebbi state, your statement constitute social misconduct and a dent on a morally decent state”.
Kebbi state government recently, in a press statement debunked the claims of the now suspended permanent secretary cabinet office which it described as fictitious and baseless with a pledge to sanction him.
Dr Nasir Abubakar Kigo and an Islamic cleric had during Ramadan at a seminar, which was held at Adamu Aliero housing estate, Birnin Kebbi gave statistics of high number of registered gays and lesbians in both Kebbi and Sokoto states in a viral video.