Man In Prison For Calling Adamawa Gov ‘Father of All Thieves’

A man in Adamawa has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment (30-month) for describing the state’s governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, as “a thief and father of all thieves in Nigeria”.

The businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan was sentenced at a Yola Magistrate Court II presided over by Magistrate Japhet Basani.

Numan was sentenced to a two-year jail term with an option of N50,000 fine for using abusive language against Fintiri. He was also sentenced to six-month imprisonment without the option of fine for disturbance of public peace.

In ruling on the case on Wednesday, Magistrate Basani said that the court arrived at the verdict after it found the man guilty of the two charges brought against him by the prosecution.

Numan had, on the the11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 20th and 29th July 2021, written and published insulting statements in Hausa and Fulfulde languages on his Facebook page against the Adamawa governor.

He described Governor Fintiri in the publication as “a thief and father of all thieves in Nigeria” who stole indomie, spaghetti and hundreds of billions of naira from state coffers.

Earlier, counsels to the complainant, A. M. Iliyasu and M.A. Adamu, had called two witnesses who testified in court and tendered confessional statements in both English and Hausa languages respectively, among other exhibits.

On his part, counsel to the defendant and now convict, R. N. Agav, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, informing the court that his client was a first-time offender.

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