Kano Assembly suspends lawmaker over social media post

The Kano State House of Assembly has suspended a lawmaker representing Nassarawa constituency, Yusuf Bello-Aliyu for three months over alleged misconduct.

The House’s decision followed the submission of a report by the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges read by its chairman, Shehu Garba-Fammar, at the plenary in Kano on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

The committee recommended that Bello-Aliyu, who doubles as the Minority Whip of the House, be suspended from participating in all activities of the house for three months effective from Wednesday.

It also demanded that the lawmaker be directed to submit a written Letter of Apology to the House for the conduct and upon resumption from the suspension to formally read his letter of apology before the House during the plenary.

The committee further recommended the House to consider initiating a bill on social media regulation to protect the right and dignity of the citizen of Kano State.

The House, presided over by the speaker, Jibril Ismail-Falgore, adopted the report by the committee.

A member representing Minjibir Constituency, Abdulhamid Abdul-Minjibir, had raised a Matter of Urgent Public Importance involving Bello-Aliyu who was alleged to have held the ears of rabbit and making unbecoming utterances in a social media post.