A 16-year-old boy has been allegedly locked up by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Yobe State Command, for insulting the state governor, Mai Mala Buni.
It was gathered that the minor was arrested and detained on the orders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governor.
The minor is in police net for allegedly insulting the governor on social media.
According to report obtained by NIGERIACRIME, the 16-year-old was picked up on December 11, 2022 in Nguru Local Government Area of the state and later transferred to the State Investigation Division of the Nigeria Police Force in Damaturu.
Meanwhile, Garba Isa, the father of the minor, has demanded the release of his son.
“I regret what my son did. I am nobody, an ordinary laundry man, what my son (Umar) did was totally wrong, I appeal to Governor Mai Mala Buni and the police on passionate grounds to forgive my son and release him,” Isa cried out.
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Confirming the arrest, the state Commissioner of Police, Garba Haruna, said the minor is now in custody and will be charged to court when investigation is concluded.
“When we conclude our investigation, he will definitely be charged to court. People are using social media to insult and tarnish people’s character, the society needs to be sanitised,” the police boss said.
He continued that, “You cannot use social media and begin to post all sorts of things. There is law and order in Nigeria; whoever infringes on someone’s right will be punished.”
Recall that the police recently arrested a student, Aminu Muhammad, over a post on Twitter mocking the First Lady, Aisha Buhari.
In June 2022, Muhammad, a 500-level student of the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa, had put up a tweet, which reads in Hausa, “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi.
Accompanied by a photograph of Aisha Buhari, the tweet simply translates as “Mama has eaten poor people’s money and is now full.”