Lawmaker Says Chief Judge Ordered Varsity student's Prolonged Detention Over Facebook Post in Leaked Audio

The member representing Madobi state constituency at the Kano State House Assembly, Kabiru Isma'il, has insisted that a student of Bayero University, Kano, Yahuza Tijani, would remain in jail for allegedly insulting him in a Facebook post.

Mr Tijani has been in detention since September 30 over the incident.

A leaked recording emerged Thursday in which the lawmaker said the chief judge of the state, Nurudeen Sagir, ordered the prolonged detention of the student and vowed not to accept any plea to set the student free.

But the state Ministry of Justice has refuted the claim that the chief judge was involved in the matter.

The lawmaker was recorded on tape on Monday while hosting students union leaders of Bayero University who visited to plead for the release of their colleague.

VAM News reported how Mr Tijjani, a second-year student of Bayero University, was remanded in prison for criticising the lawmaker on Facebook. Since then, efforts to secure his release have been unsuccessful.