Court remands Kano journalist for ‘insulting’ Abba Yusuf in Facebook post

A magistrate court in Kano has remanded Muktar Dahiru, a journalist, for allegedly making a Facebook post considered “insulting” to Abba Yusuf, governor of the state.

Dahiru, who works with Pyramid FM Kano, a radio station managed by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), was arrested on Thursday over the post.

According to Premium Times, the journalist was secretly charged before magistrate court 24 at Gyadi Gyadi, court road, with criminal conspiracy, defamation of character, and intentional insult.

Ummah Kurawa, the presiding magistrate, remanded Dahiru in a correctional centre, pending the hearing of the bail application on September 3.