Man Jailed Over Defamation Post Against Jigawa Governor

One Sabi’u Ibrahim Chamo has been sentenced by the Dutse Magistrate’s Court to a six months imprisonment for insulting and defaming Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar’s character on Facebook.

He was arrested by the police on December 25 and detained before he was arraigned in court for failure to substantiate the allegations he made on Facebook.

The court was informed by the police prosecutor that he was arraigned over an allegation he made that the governor had duped many A.P.C’s aspirants by collecting their money to give them party tickets.

Ibrahim pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to six months in prison, with options to pay N20,000 as fine and 20 strokes of the cane to serve as a deterrent to others.