Nigerians on and offline have taken to their social media handle to berate the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, over the arrest of a Twitter user, Aminu Adamu Muhammed, a student of Federal University Dutse, Jigawa, by the Nigerian Police.
iBrandtv gathered that the 500-level student was arrested on November 8, at his campus following a social media post deemed defamatory against the First Lady.
A source disclosed that the Police officers stormed the school premises and picked up Adamu without notifying the school authority.
According to the source, he was also mercilessly beaten before the officers said to have been deployed from the Federal Capital Territory (FTC) bundled him away from the institution.
The source said: “The police did not notify the school authorities. They just came in and picked him up and left.”
On June 8, 2022, Aminu shared a post on Twitter saying the first lady had suddenly added massive weight after eating the money of the poor masses.
Aminu tweeted in Hausa: “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi”, which could be translated as “Mama has eaten poor people’s money and is now full”
Some of Adamu’s friends claimed he berated the first lady out of frustration due to the prolonged strike embarked on, by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU).
This latest development has sparked massive outrage from Nigerians. While some claimed there is no more freedom of speech, others criticized the student for the tweet. However, others tackled the officers for tracking and arresting the student quickly but fail to track and arrest bandits.
See some of the reactions below.
ladye4303: “They should free this boy. He has not committed any crime. This is bullying and intimidation of the highest order. In the Western world the citizens have freedom of speech”
doris_sparkle: “It’s funny how SSS can find him but can’t find the leader or leaders of both bandits and Boko haram sec”
silverand_tiles_sanitarywares: “And in France, two people has slapped their president on different occasions and they still walk the street alive. Africa shall be free someday, I pray to be a witness to this freedom we desperately yarn for”
just.jomi: “Freedom of speech no Dey reach this side ni”
orgamarx: “Do you now see these guys know what they are doing. You can easily pick up someone that twitted, yet you guys cannot spot bandits. Not even cannot, you have refused. Mtcheeew”
naiomenaiome: “You know you reside in the North and you behave like you’re in the South or East or West. These are different people. You can lose your life over a statement”
dr._nz: “Oppression, waste of taxpayers money and our commonwealth on something that is actually true. So what’s the offence really?”
thebeautifull_tata: “Y’all make provision for freedom of speech and expression which is a fundamental human right but you can’t act accordingly when someone expresses himself?”
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only1yada: “They should better free that young man! There’s no crime in what he said”
orgamarx: “Do you now see these guys know what they are doing? You can easily pick up someone that twitted, yet you guys cannot spot bandits. Not even cannot, you have refused. Mtcheeew”
