Aminu Muhammed Pardoned by First Lady, Released from Prison

Aminu Mohammed Adamu, the young man who criticized Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari has been released from unconditionally from Prison.

The undergraduate student of the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, was released on Friday after many days in detention following his comment against the First Lady.

Aminu was secretly arraigned in court and remanded in the Suleja correctional facility in Niger State

Withdrawing the case against the accused on Friday, the prosecution counsel Fidelis Ogbobe said the first lady as the mother of the nation decided to withdraw the case, following the intervention of well-meaning Nigerians.

The first lady, Aisha Buhari, appears to have bowed to pressure by withdrawing the case against a final-year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Mohammed.

He relied on Section 108 subsection 2(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act to move the application for the withdrawal of the case.

Ruling on the matter, Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court commended Mrs Buhari for taking the “bold steps” to forgive the accused.

While issuing the release warrant of the student, the judge called on parents to always monitor their children to avoid a recurrence.

Aminu Muhammed, is alleged to have been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, including severe beating, had faced charges of defamation after he said in a tweet that Mrs Buhari had grown fat from feeding off the poor masses of Nigeria.

According to a police report, Aminu Muhammed was arrested at Federal University Dutse on November 18, 2022 after Aisha Buhari instructed a team of police detectives to track him down.