Final Year Student Remanded In Prison Over Tweet On Aisha Buhari
Aminu Mohammed, a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse Jigawa, has been remanded to the Suleja Correctional Centre in Niger State over a tweet he made against Aisha Buhari, First Lady of Nigeria.
23-year-old Mohammed was arrested on November 8, 2022 after he tweeted on his Twitter handle; “Su mama Anchi Kudin Talakawa an koshi,” meaning, “Mama has fed fat on poor people’s money” in June. READ HERE
He was arraigned on Tuesday, November 29 before Justice Yusuf Halilu of a federal high court No. 14 in Abuja on a one count charge.
The charge read;
“That you Aminu Adamu, male of Anguwar Sarakuna, Bauch, Bauchi state sometime between May – June 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court did intentionally open a Twitter Handle with the name @aminullahie Catalyst and screenshot the image of Her Excellency Hajia Aisha Buhari and wrote on it in Hausa language ‘Su mama anchi kudi talakawa ankoshi’ roughly translated to the English language to mean ‘mama has embezzled monies meant for the poor to satisfaction’ and posted same on your above Twitter handle for the members of the public to read, knowing same to be false and capable of affecting her reputation. You thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 391 of the penal code.”
Speaking with BBC Hausa, Mohammed’s lawyer, CK Agu, said they applied for bail on health ground and also for the fact that Mohammed has to sit for his final examinations on December 5, however, the bail request is yet to be approved.
“Even in the court session yesterday, we notified the judge about the efforts made to have him released on bail, but we did not receive any reply from the police.
“We applied to the court to release the student on bail on health grounds and the fact that he will sit for the exam on December 5. The court has ordered the police to provide the bail application before it for consideration between Tuesday and Wednesday” the lawyer said.
Mohammed will remain in Suleja Prison pending the hearing and determination of his bail application which would be heard before the end of the week.
