The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, is expected to testify at the court against a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa, Aminu Mohammed, who criticised her on Twitter.
It would be recalled that Mohammed was detained in prison after being arraigned at the FCT High Court No. 14 in Abuja on Tuesday for cyber stalking and defamation against the First Lady.
Mohammed, despite entering a not guilty plea, was nonetheless detained at the Suleja Correctional Facility without the chance to post bail.
The 24-year-old, who is from Bauchi State, was allegedly detained a few days ago on the First Lady’s orders, which infuriated Nigerians and led to many of them calling for his release.
Back in June, he had tweeted in Hausa that the First Lady was getting fat off the money of the underprivileged.
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 allegedly brutalized, beaten, mistreated, and humiliated by police officers who were thought to be men from the Department of State Services after they picked him up from his school two weeks ago and took him immediately to the Presidential Villa.
Aisha is one of five witnesses gathered by the prosecution to testify against Mohammed in court, according to information that has recently become available. The police claim that the act bordering on defamation and cyberstalking violated Section 391 of the Penal Code.
The one-count charge against the student marked: CR/89/2022, and dated November 23, reads, “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.”
According to the statement made by the defendant’s attorney, Kinsley Anga, the defendant will remain in Suleja Prison while his bail application is heard and decided.
