Gombe PDP Spokesperson Remanded In Prison For Insulting Governor Yahaya, APC Members

[quote]Khalid Mu’azu Izala, the Public Relations Officer of the Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe Local Government Area of Gombe State, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly insulting Governor Inuwa Yahaya and some members of the All Progressives Congress.

Izala is being detained on the orders of an area court following his arraignment for “defamation of character”.

He was arrested on Friday by policemen from Lowcost Division based on the complaint of an APC chieftain, Garba Mohammed Mairago, who accused him of using his Facebook page sometime in 2019 to write defamatory statements against him (Mairago) and some unnamed members of the APC in the state.

He was also accused of critising the policies and programmes of Governor Yahaya’s administration.

The police prosecutor, Sergeant Joel Peter, on Tuesday told the court that the accused was charged with one-count charge of defamation of character, which was contrary to Section 391 of the Penal Code Law.

Therefore, his defense counsels, Habu Abdu and Benjamin Sati, applied for his bail under Sections 36 (5), 36 (B) of the 1999 constitution as amended and Sections 340 (1), 341 (3) and 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).

However, Peter objected the bail application and told the court that the accused person may jump bail or obstruct the ongoing police investigation if he was released from detention.

The presiding judge, Chief Magistrate Bello Shariff, adjourned the case until September 8 for ruling on bail application and ordered that the accused be remanded in Gombe Central Correctional Centre.

In March, two members of the PDP in Gombe State, Atiku Boza-Boza and Adamu Babale, were also detained in prison following their arraignment in court for allegedly insulting the state governor.

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This corntree is turning something else
No trial nothing nothing
Just prison straight
Wow

Hmm

The government must be responsible and allow freedom of speech, which is right and not privilege.

Intolerance of criticism by office holders leads to anarchy as can be perceived from the body language of the government at the Center.

Idi Ami of Uganda

jesu

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright

We are practicing a form of government in Nigeria. That's all we know for sure.

What kind of government it is, is a mystery.

I know it isn't democracy.

APC is the best thing to happen in this country since agege bread - Arewa youths.

Enjoy your chanji

See as tyranny dey reign for this country

dre11:
Gombe PDP Spokesperson Remanded In Prison For Insulting Governor Yahaya, APC Members

Lai Mohammed and co and their BMC crew did more than that.

Yeah.... that is the change you guys voted for...

People will still find means to mention Buhari in this

He was arrested on Friday by policemen from Lowcost Division based on the complaint of an APC chieftain, Garba Mohammed Mairago, who accused him of using his Facebook page sometime in 2019 to write defamatory statements against him (Mairago) and some unnamed members of the APC in the state.
He was also accused of critising the policies and programmes of Governor Yahaya’s administration.


The presiding judge, Chief Magistrate Bello Shariff, adjourned the case until September 8 for ruling on bail application and ordered that the accused be remanded in Gombe Central Correctional Centre.

Maxymilliano:
The government must be responsible and allow freedom of speech, which is right and not privilege.

Intolerance of criticism by office holders leads to anarchy as can be perceived from the body language of the government at the Center.

The court ordered it.

Yahaya Bello the disaster of a governor

This is getting out of hand

APC, the Party of Intolerance

No freedom of speech

gangstarmonk:
Let's frown at such oppression

Lol...now, instead of frowning, you're posting a crying emoji

I'm not surprised. Freedom of speech is dead. If you do anyhow, you go see any how, thats this administration for you.

Remanded for defamation of character isn't the same as remanded by Governor....

He was remanded by the court not the Governor..

If you call me a rapist or a murderer or accuse me wrongly, I have the right to go to court and ask you to prove your allegations, and if you fail to prove it court jails you pending the time you can bail yourself and meet my apology demands


Because Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN is kind enough to accept apologies after constant lies and insult from PDP media agents doesn't mean Governor Yahaya tolerates such



.

Maxymilliano:
The government must be responsible and allow freedom of speech, which is right and not privilege.

Intolerance of criticism by office holders leads to anarchy as can be perceived from the body language of the government at the Center.

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