Twitter Post: Police deny knowledge of Adamu’s arrest by DSS

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The Jigawa State Police Command has denied any link with the arrest of 500-level student, Aminu Adamu of the Federal University, Dutse.

Nollywood Times reported that Aminu was reportedly arrested for mocking Aisha Buhari in a tweet. He wrote the tweet in Hausa, accompanied by a picture of the first lady. He was said to be arrested by the DSS and was not allowed to speak with anyone but the father.

The arrest led to a series of backlash from Nigerians against the action of the DSS and the first lady.

A lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, weighed into the crisis and tweeted, “You are defending Aisha Buhari because she’s someone’s mother. This argument is preposterous. Thousands have lost their mothers to the incompetence and cruelty of the Buhari regime. Thousands have been orphaned by the corruption in management of funds meant to combat terrorism.”

Also, Edo-born activist, Aisha Yesufu reacted furiously, saying, “Who is Aisha Buhari that an aggrieved citizen cannot talk about? Those of you talking about her so-called powers need to ask yourselves whether you are citizens or slaves. Duniya budurwar wawa!”

Also condemning the reported arrest, a social media influencer, Daniel Regha, said it was an abuse of power.

He tweeted, “Patience Jonathan was unfairly mocked everyday when she was the First Lady, no one got detained, but the SSS went ahead to arrest a Twitterer (Adamu Muhammed) for criticising Aisha Buhari. Is that the job of the SSS? Why not charge the guy to court? This is an abuse of power.”

Efforts to reach the spokesperson for the DSS, Peter Afunnaya, by our source proved abortive as the calls and message sent to his phone were not responded to as of the time of filing this report.

To confirm if the police made the arrest, our source contacted the Police Public Relations Officer for the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, but he said he was not aware of the arrest.

“We didn’t make the arrest. An arrest cannot be made in my area without me being informed,” he told our correspondent.

Source: punchng.com

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