Man, 70 Held For Insulting Buhari On Social Media

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The Katsina State Police Command, on Thursday, arrested three persons for allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari on social media.

According to the police, the trio are Lawal Abdullahi, Bahajaje Abu, and  Hamza Abubakar.

The command spokesman SP Gambo Isah, in a statement titled, ‘Conspiracy and intentional insult against the President and Governor of Katsina State by one Lawal Izala and two others on social media’, said the trio took “undue advantage” of the social media to hurl insults at others.

SP Isah noted that they were arrested in line with the provisions of the Cyber Crime Act.

Isah said, “The attention of the Katsina State Police Command has been drawn to a viral video on social media showing one Lawal Abdullahi, alias “IZALA”, ‘m’, aged 70 yrs of Gafai Quarters, Katsina, Katsina State, who was contemptuously insulting the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, and His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, CFR.

“Consequently, the Commissioner of Police, Katsina State Command, CP Sanusi Buba, ordered for investigation, which led to the arrest of the trio of Lawal Abdullahi Izala, ‘m’, aged 70yrs, Bahajaje Abu, ‘m’, aged 30yrs and Hamza Abubakar, ‘m’, aged 27yrs all of Gafai Quarters, Katsina, Katsina state.

“In the course of investigation suspects confessed to the committing the offences.

“To this end, the Command wishes to warn members of the general public that the Police will not fold its arms and watch while disgruntled elements violate the sacred laws of the land.

“Any person found taking undue advantage of the social media to insult others, contrary to the provisions of the Cyber Crime Act, will face the wrath of the law.”

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