Aminu Muhammad, a student of Federal University Dutse (FUD), has been remanded in prison over his tweet on Aisha Buhari
Muhammad, who hails from Azare in Bauchi state, is a final-year student at the department of environmental management was arrested by the police over a derogatory comment he made about Aisha Buhari.
The tweet, which was posted in Hausa in June 2022, reads,
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“Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi.”
Mohammads tweet which was accompanied by a photograph of Aisha Buhari, simply translates as
“Mama has eaten poor people’s money and is now full.”
His lawyer, C.K Agu who spoke with BBC Hausa said he was arraigned in court by the police on Tuesday, November 29, where he pleaded not guilty when the charges against him were read out.
Agu further revealed that they’ve made several efforts since November 25 to get the student released on bail but to no avail.
“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 5, December. The court has ordered the police to provide the bail application before it for consideration between Tuesday and Wednesday.”
There’s no update on the bail application yet.
