A student of the Federal University, Dutse Jigawa, Aminu Mohammed, has been arrested and sent to Suleja Prison in Niger State over a tweet about the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari.
It was reported that Mohammed had in June tweeted in Hausa that the first lady was feeding fat on poor people’s money.
The tweet read, ““Su mama Anchi Kudin Talakawa an koshi”, meaning “Mama has fed fat on poor people’s money.”
The 500-level student was picked up from school and taken directly to the Presidential Villa, where police officers who were thought to be secret service agents allegedly brutalized him.
The student was then charged with cyber stalking and appeared in court in Abuja, where he was denied bail despite having pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him.
According to BBC Hausa, Mohammed’s lawyer, CK Agu, said, “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.
