There was a mild drama at the Kaduna State Chief Magistrate Court 1 on Friday night when the presiding judge of the court showed up at 7pm to attend to alleged criminal case brought before him by the Kaduna State government against an anti-government critic and lecturer of the Kaduna State University, Dr John Danfulani.

The Judge had left the court premises at about 1 pm for Friday’s prayer while both parties were in court. He however didn’t come back until 7pm when he ordered the university lecturer to be remanded in police custody until Monday this week.

The university lecturer, who had gone to the Kaduna State Police Command to honour their invitation following a petition by the Kaduna State government on Thursday last week, was subsequently detained by the authorities.

The Chief Magistrate, Alhaji Awwal Musa while presiding on the case ruled that the police was empowered to protect, investigate and carry out their duty assigned to them hence the court cannot deny the police their power to detain the accused person.

He said, the police has not finished their investigation and thereby directed the police to go ahead to conduct their investigation while Dr Danfulani remained in police custody until investigation was concluded in the matter latest by Monday, 1st February, 2016.

Dr Danfulani, is being accused of alleged inciteful and hateful statements in 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 contrary to section 417 and 418 of the penal code of northern Nigeria.

The charge also read against the accused said, “On 20th January, 2016, the above mentioned case was reported at the state Criminal and Investigation Department (CID), by a letter written by the director of prosecution in the ministry of
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Lalasticala

This is getting ludicrous by the hour..el rufai and his cohorts are so desperate to pin this lecturer down, they have resorted to illegality.

Talk against d presido n go to jail. democracy my foot

Ikegift4real:
Talk against d presido n go to jail. democracy my foot

Hypocrites!!!but when APC members talked against goodluck Jonathan people like you said those people should be arrested and dealt with.....you forgot democracy at that time??

The same El Rufai that called Buhari a terrorist. What an irony? Funny people..