Mr. Abdul Yari

The latest development is coming barely a week after the vice-president's aide-de-camp, Abdul Yari, a chief superintendent of Police, was arrested by police authorities over charges of "security breach".He is still being detained while Atiku has been asked to pick a replacement.

A week ago, his Aide-de-camp, Chief Superintendent of Police, Abdul Yari was arrested by State Security Services (SSS) after an alleged breach of security.

His former ADC, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Abdul Yari, from Nasarawa State, was arrested and detained by the Police over what the police described as "security breach." The new ADC was seen yesterday performing his duties, as he accompanied the Vice President to the Council Chambers of the State House, for the weekly meeting of the Economic Team and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting shortly after.Yari, who has been ADC to Atiku Abubakar since 1999, has however, challenged his continued detention by the police.Immediately after his arrest, Ehindero had asked Atiku to choose another ADC from a list of six names or any other of his choice.

The President spoke against the background of the cold war between him and his deputy, whose Aide-de-Camp, Mr. Abdul Yari, a chief superintendent of police, was withdrawn last week for alleged breach of security.

With a three-paragraph statement yesterday, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, withdrew Vice President Atiku Abubakar's Aide-de-Camp, Mr. Abdul Yari, a chief superintendent of police, for an alleged breach of security.
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Police sources told THISDAY that Yari was being investigated for his links with some shadowy political groups known to be at the vanguard of promoting his boss' ambition of succeeding President Obas-anjo.Specifically, the former ADC was said to have been linked with the activities of the Turaki Vanguard, a campaign group said to be promoting the Vice President's ambition.He was alleged to be the conduit through which funds were being channeled to the group, and other underground political structures that had mounted a media campaign for Atiku's dream of becoming Nigeria's president in 2007.
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But THISDAY investigations reveal that Yari might have been the latest casualty of the President's determination to clip the wings of his deputy and reduce his (VP) capacity to realise his presidential ambition.According to sources, signs that Yari was in trouble began to manifest yesterday morning when the President reportedly informed his deputy that his (Atiku's) ADC was on his way out of the Villa.The Presidential meeting was said to have been followed by another meeting between the IG and the Vice President about 8am during which Atiku was told that his boss had directed that his ADC be withdrawn.
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Yari, who had been ADC to the Vice President since 1999, according to Aso Rock sources, began to walk the path to trouble when he became jittery about feeding security agencies with information on his boss.
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The governor was said to be suspicious of Yari whose status as the Vice President's ADC had given him access to power with which he had started exercising some influence in the state, particularly in Lafia, his home town.Responding to the development yesterday, an aide of the Vice President, Mallam Shehu Garba, said his boss would not be drawn into any confrontation over the withdrawal of his ADC, explaining that Atiku remained committed to the success of the Obasanjo administration, a commitment which he said could not be realised by any bickering at the Presidency. Yari is the eighth casualty of the cold war between the President and his deputy, which began to manifest early last year, with a presidential directive that all campaigns for 2007 general elections should seize.

AN appeal has gone to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Sunday Ehindero, to release from detention Mr. Abdul Yari, the removed aide-de-camp (ADC) of Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
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The Vice President's campaign organisation, the Turaki Vanguard, yesterday appealed to Ehindero to release Yari who was arrested on Tuesday.
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ABUJA- TWENTY FOUR hours after the removal of his ADC, Vice President Atiku Abubakar has refused to pick a successor in spite of the fact that six other police officers of the same rank with Abdul Yari were recommended for selection as replacement.

Police sources told Vanguard in Abuja yesterday that the ADC was returned to the detention facility of the State Security Services after initial interrogation by the Force Criminal Investigations Department.

Atiku's ADC removed, interrogatedDec 1, 2005, 15:10

With a three-paragraph statement yesterday, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, withdrew Vice President Atiku Abubakar's Aide-de-Camp, Mr. Abdul Yari, a chief superintendent of police, for an alleged breach of security.

THERE was confusion last Tuesday night when Charles Ozomena, our State House Correspondent came with the news of the removal of Abdul Yari, a Chief Superintendent of Police and the aide-de-camp (ADC) to Vice President Atiku Abubakar since 1999.
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According to the Police statement issued by Haz Nwendi, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Yari was removed "as a result of cumulative security reports about the activities of the Police ADC to the Vice President."
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Also, did the police authorities ever query Yari over the alleged security reports that led to his removal?If the State Security Service is the one that uncovered the alleged security breaches of the police ADC, why did it wait this long before taking action?

The Police disclosed that the SSS arrested the ADC following a month of intelligence gathering.However it failed to tell Nigerians whether the activities of the ADC was in support of Atiku's political ambition or injurious to the Nigerian State.Also did the vice president complain about the undesirability of Yari as his ADC?