NANS apologises to Aisha Buhari over student’s arrest

The National Association of Nigerian Students has apologised to Aisha Buhari, wife of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the arrest of a pupil of the Federal University, Dutse Jigawa, Aminu Mohammed, by the Nigeria Police.

NANS apologises to Aisha Buhari over student’s arrest

Condemnations had trailed the said arrest of Mohammed over a tweet at the First Lady. Notable Nigerians along with social activist, Aisha Yesufu, knocked Aisha for allegedly using her strength in opposition to the scholar.

While initial reports had been that Mohammed turned into arrested with the aid of the Department of State Services, NANS discovered that he become instead arrested by way of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, who traced Mohammed to Jigawa where he became picked up.

NANS in a announcement on Tuesday via its President, Usman Barambu, apologised on behalf of the Nigerian students to the First Lady, whilst also calling for Mohammed’s release.

“The leadership of NANS acquired with challenge the information of the illegal arrest of Mohammed by way of the Nigeria Police on the practise of Aisha Buhari. Upon receiving the news, I, Mohammed’s family and friends swung into movement to trace the whereabouts of Mohammed. After some days of looking, we were given the statistics that he changed into at the police unit in Wuse Zone 2. I met with Mohammed at the police custody.

“It become alleged that Mohammed some weeks returned published Aisha Buhari’s image on Twitter with the caption “Su mama anchi kudin talakawa an koshi” (translated from Hausa to ‘the mother has gotten fatter by using ingesting hundreds’ cash’).

Just like the normal manner indignant residents have different methods of expression on the social media. On November 18, 2022, the police from Abuja tracked Mohammed to the Federal University Dutse and picked him with none written/verbal invitation or informing the college control or his circle of relatives,” Barambu narrated.

The NANS President said Mohammed become taken straight to the Presidential Villa where he become allegedly brutalised, overwhelmed, maltreated and humiliated with the aid of the police “on the orders of Aisha Buhari, after which he turned into unlawfully detained at a police facility at Wuse Zone II until date. I, along our team of legal professionals, met with Mohammed at the police facility wherein he showed the incident to me. Until now, Mohammed has no longer been arraigned by way of any in a position courtroom of regulation or granted bail by way of the police.”