A former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari was on Thursday, allegedly arrested by the Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS.

The Nation quoted a source as saying that Yari was being detained for being the arrowhead of a fresh plot to destabilise the 10th Senate after his bid to become the Senate President failed.

According to The Nation’s source, “Some northern Senators who were said to be unhappy with the choice of those who emerged were said to have approached Yari in the chambers after the announcement of Principal Officers, where they complained bitterly to him that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio had abandoned them despite their support for him.”

The source said the DSS decided to pick Yari up for questioning after it discovered he had become a rallying point for opposition against Akpabio, especially from the North.

An aide who confided in the Nation told the paper that Yari is in DSS custody but his arrest is not in connection with his bid to emerge the Senate President, insisting it is an entirely new development.

The aide said some lawmakers were not happy with the announcement of Principal Officers, especially members within the All Progressives Congress, APC, who voted for Akpabio.

He disclosed that some of them had complained to Yari.

“I think somebody alerted them in Aso Rock that they are discussing with Yari and Yari was becoming the rallying point for some aggrieved Northern senators, so that was when the President made that call to him and he ignored it.

However, the DSS in an SMS sent to the Nation by its Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, denied knowledge of the arrest and detention of Yari.