Chief magistrate Court 1, Kaduna, has denied Dr John Danfulani bail after being detained by the police for over 24 hours.

Danfulani, a lecturer with the Kaduna State University, KASU, is being held for alleged inciting and hateful statements in the social media against the people of northern Nigeria, thereby, capable of causing breakdown of law and order in northern Nigeria and other parts of the country. This is contrary to section 417 and 418 of the penal code of northern Nigeria.

The magistrate, Alhaji Awwal Musa while presiding over the case, said that the police was empowered to protect, investigate and carry out the duty assigned to them, hence the court cannot deny them their power.

He argued that the police had not finished their investigation yet, and as such, Dr Danfulani be remanded in police custody. He also said that further investigation must be concluded in the matter latest by Monday, 1st February, 2016.

Earlier, Barrister Gamaliel Kore, leading other six defending counsels sought for the bail of the accused person, saying that the case was bailable, and as a responsible lecturer, he would not jump bail.

He argued that the accused was invited by the police which he voluntarily honoured even when he was away in foreign country, stressing that if granted bail, he will always be available to stand trial.

The prosecuting officer had prayed that the court should not grant the accused person bail but should be remanded in police custody for three weeks to allow full investigation into the matter without any interference.


Danfulani, who was detained over an alleged Facebook comment is said to be a known critic of the government of Mallam Nasir El Rufai. Below is a screen shot of the post that allegedly got him arrested and detained.

http://www.ndibe.org/2016/01/lecturer-dr-danfulani-arrested-for.html

His image
and
his facebook post

He should have expressed himself without dragging the president's name inside mud. Al-Majiri has been roaming about the street even before PMB was born, what stop him from playing his civic role to liberate the children in Kaduna at his own capability ?

Constructive criticism should be allowed nah!

Reading his post carefully tells me two things tho'

1. He is attacking personality.

2. He just wants to be heard, whether correctly or not.

Was he living in Texas before this administration or his eyes were just liberated to see how the North is?

What did he incite?No more freedom of speech...

Raise your hand if you miss GEJ

Has any reputable newsletter published this news yet?

I wonder why the blogs/online sites who carry these news all have IPAD names....

Those comments above are not hate speech not in any ways, not in any sane clime..

The police due to political pressure may arrest him, that's their prerogative but I'm.confident he will be freed by a competent law court.

El rufai said more terrible things about Jonathan on his twitter.
If the Kaduna police had any sense, they will go after the mosques and madrassas where young boys undergo indoctrination under pedophilic mallams who rape their minds and bodies.
If the Kaduna state government had any sense, they will put structures in place to curb the practices of Fulani herdsmen who rape and kill its citizens.
Finally if the Kaduna state government under el rufai had any iota of sense, it will investigate those who indoctrinated a young abdull mutalab, the underwear bomber to carry out his terrorist acts... If they had any sense they will leave a lecturer who is contributing his quota to lifting Kaduna citizens from being zombies to well rounded individuals.
Our schools already suffer dearth of good lecturers, don't victimize this one.

students of Nigeria history, will remember we lost great lecturers under the government of IBB who were afraid of criticism and this caused brain drain.

Op are you saing that the bastard didn't commit an offence? The bastard should be locked forever and ever. There is no difference between him and namdi kanu. Anything that threatens the peace of this country should be eliminated immediately. We have had enougj under the ineffectual buffons era

Don't the ibos call their own yoruba when they advise them against biafra?

The fools that are saying Buhari is our god are the same people that called gej their jesus.

Imagine this level of insecurity from our government, just a Facebook post? Sincerely, the man is making 100 % sense

Freedom of speech should be allowed, this is a democracy

decatalyst:
Constructive criticism should be allowed nah!

Reading his post carefully tells me two things tho'

1. He is attacking personality.

2. He just wants to be heard, whether correctly or not.

Was he living in Texas before this administration or his eyes were just liberated to see how the North is?

Shatap there
You didn't read the part where he said they live in their dusty semi desert with their poverty strikes people spreading polio and begging for food and chanting Sai baba
That is constructive enough
#freeDproff

Pidggin:
Imagine this level of insecurity from our government, just a Facebook post? But, sincerely the man is making 100% sense.

Freedom of speech should be allowed, this is a democracy

Psalm18:
Those comments above are not hate speech not in any ways, not in any sane clime..
The police due to political pressure may arrest, that's their prerogative but I'm.confident he will be freed by a competent law court.

BaddieKay:
What did he incite?No more freedom of speech...

That's how you guys lead namdi kanu to prison.

APCsupporter:





That's how you guys lead namdi kanu to prison.

Kanu was calling for secession using violent means.
The prof is warning about the dangers of zombie like citizens who are deprived of independent thinking and to only chant about religion and the hate for others.

Pls Go and sleep Mister.This is hw it starts,slowly we'll lose our voice...Tell me what exactly that man said that his being detained for.

APCsupporter:





That's how you guys lead namdi kanu to prison.

What did he say that is worse than what the Northern animals were spewing against Jonathan in the months leading up to the last general elections? How many critics did Jonathan arrest during his time?

Buhari's government is fast sliding into a brazen dictatorship. We can't continue with such tyrannical intolerance.

Besides, everything this man wrote on his Facebook page is the undiluted truth! Useless numbers indeed! That's the ONLY thing the core north has to brag about.

BaddieKay:
Pls Go and sleep Mister.This is hw it starts,slowly we'll lose our voice...Tell me what exactly that man said that his being detend for.

By saying Buhari is their god, he has indirectly insulted Buhari and their religion in general and some illiterates out of anger can start burning down churches now. Think before u post

Psalm18:

Kanu was calling for secession using violent means.
The prof is warning about the dangers of zombie like citizens who are deprived of independent thinking and to only chant about religion and the hate for others.

Why not direct that to the ipods who hate anything "yoruba" or "hausa"? Some people don't have sense. You will be surprised if I tell you what someone might do because of this post.

This dude has so much bittrness in him as there is nothing constructive about his ranting.

alright

Calling someone a god is now an insult?The way some Northerns reason sha...they can go ahead and burn down Nigeria.

APCsupporter:


By saying Buhari is their god, he has indirectly insulted Buhari and their religion in general and some illiterates out of anger can start burning down churches now. Think before u post

Kaduna State University just suspended this man not long ago because of this comment. It marvels me why people who can easily call others unprintable names get mad when others criticise them for things which are even true. We are back to the era, where if you criticise you end up in police net with flimsy charges parked on your neck.

BaddieKay:
Calling someone a god is now an insult?The way some Northerns reason sha...they can go ahead and burn down Nigeria.

All religions are different. Yes its a great insult. I would slap anybody that calls a fellow mortal my god

we warn them if Jonathan goes freedom of speech goes with him

So many people insulted Jona and got away with it.

Lalasticala
Seun

If the good minister Dr. Oby won't get this trending and head omojuwa won't start a hashtag on twitter, please lets rally round this professor who is illegally been detained.
Sahara reporters may have also lost their local bureau chief in Northern Nigeria. I checked their webpage and nothing was on it.
Thanks

One of the important things most people are missing to see in this is the fact that the lecturer is a Christian.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1977295_capture6_pngc60107056799c95901a088d224455c59
The man aptly and correctly described the political base support of the APC in the north i.e one drawn from the illiterate intolerant almajiri constituency.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/1977279_capture3_jpeg4480c4b52c001b14a641722f3e658923
The lecturer also made it clear on how the apc zombie supporters resort to religious blackmail and threats when confronted with critism of their party and it's leaders by labelling any opposition voice as infidel.

This is very true.

The northern Almajiris were geared up towards unleashing ethnoreligious riots in the event their Buhari lost out.

This is what they did in 2007 and 2011.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1977273_capture7_jpeg713dcdbe939229d5658be996377f56b8

The post election violence of 2011 in the north was bloodiest in kaduna state especially in southern kaduna were a mob of muslims slipped into Christian communities in trucks under the cover of darkness to attack and kill Christians.

Their leaders threatened blood on the monkeys and baboon if they did not win and vowed to form a parallel govt.

There is nothing new this man said in his post that is not true and by arresting him they have foolishly given him a voice.

Isn't this the same Kaduna state under El Rufai that Fulani herdsmen have a field day killing Christians and sacking their villages and communities?

Is this not the same Kaduna were over a thousand muslim Shiites were recently massacred?

Is this not the same Kaduna that has the highest reoccurring sectarian riots instigated by intolerant muslims?


www.nairaland.com/attachments/1979003_b52eux9cyaitbuz_png1a5dded1ec7061d6f5d972f843d3c4e4

IRO BURKU

That was what they said about a lawyer that turned out to be lie. The truth was the lawyer was actually arrested for fraud against the Nigeria state.

BaddieKay:
Pls Go and sleep Mister.This is hw it starts,slowly we'll lose our voice...Tell me what exactly that man said that his being detend for.

you sit down there and type all bad things about the north, this post goes to show you know Norring about the north.


Would you like the post if it was about your tribe and
people?


BTW

The illiterate thinks he's educated. I saw "hard of sheep" and "rooming the streets" in that useless and repugnant Facebook post from the donkey.