IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigerians have reacted to reports that Aminu Adamu Mohammed, the 23-year-old student of Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested for tweeting a derogatory comment about Aisha Buhari, has been remanded in prison.
His lawyer, C.K Agu told BBC Hausa that 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.
Accompanied by a photograph of Aisha Buhari, Mohammed had put up a tweet, which reads in Hausa, “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi” The tweet simply translates as “Mama has eaten poor people’s money and is now full”.
Agu revealed in court that they’ve made several efforts since 25 November, to get the student released on bail but to no avail.
He 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 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.
The latest update on the case has garnered reactions from Nigerians on social media.
A netizen said: “THE SAME POLICE THAT DENIED THE ARREST… WHAT A BAD GOVT! WHAT A COUNTRY! AISHA BUHARI HAS NO SHAME…”
Another social media user said: “These people are bold sha. Arresting someone because he made a statement against Aisha.”
In the same vein, Dubem Chiz wrote: “All she needed to do is either ignore the guy or defend herself, why arresting him ?? This is a clear case of intimidation/ oppression.”
“The youths and the poor will have to come together and start showing all those in office that they are there to serve and not oppress. As hard as it may seem, all these fat bastards in office need to die,” Dannie reacted.
Baby girl for life weighed in, writing: “Aisha is terrible oooo. I can’t believe that she’s going through with this. Tomorrow, she would come out and be crying crocodile tears.”