An aide of former Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has been locked up in prison for sharing a media content considered offensive to the state governor, Ahmad Aliyu.
Shafiu Umar was detained in a correctional facility for allegedly insulting the Sokoto governor, his wife, and his deputy on a Facebook post.
Umar allegedly shared a video of the governor struggling to construct a sentence in English and also posted Aliyu’s senior secondary school leaving certificate online.
A magistrate, Fatima Hassan, barred reporters from covering the court proceedings on Monday.
But the police’s First Information Report (FIR) obtained by reporters indicated that the government charged Umar with circulating injurious falsehood and engraving matter known to be defamatory, offences, the government said contravened the Penal Code law.
According to the FIR, the accused person committed the offences sometimes in July by sharing videos of the governor’s wife, Fatima Aliyu, spreading money on the ground during her birthday ceremony.
Source: Premium Times
