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Revolutionary Movement, RSM Demands Unconditional Release Of Nigerian Student Arrested For Tweeting That Aisha Buhari Fed Fat On Masses’ Money

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November 28, 2022

The group, in a statement by Salako Kayode, its Publicity Secretary called on the Nigerian government to immediately and unconditionally release the final-year student in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University, Dutse.
 

 

The Revolutionary Socialist Movement has condemned the arrest of 23-year-old Aminu Adamu Muhammed over a tweet against Nigeria’s first lady, Aisha Buhari.

The group, in a statement by Salako Kayode, its Publicity Secretary called on the Nigerian government to immediately and unconditionally release the final-year student in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University, Dutse.

SaharaReporters had reported that Muhammed, a final-year student in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, in June 2022 posted on Twitter that Mrs Buhari had suddenly added weight after taking part in plundering the nation’s meagre resources as the masses endured hardship under her husband’s regime.

In his June 8, 2022 tweet, Muhammed chastised the First Lady in Hausa: “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi”, which could be translated as “the mother has got fatter by eating masses’ money.”

According to Muhammed’s friends, he made the post because he was frustrated about the prolonged strike by universities across the country. The strike started in February 2022 and ended in October after eight months.

However, on November 8, the 23-year-old Muhammed was picked up by security operatives on campus and was reportedly beaten up following his arrest around noon.

“The Revolutionary Socialist Movement (RSM) condemns the arrest of Aminu Adamu Muhammed, a student at the Dutse Federal University, Jigawa State, by the State Security Service (SSS) over a Twitter post,” the statement read.

“The secret police in Nigeria (SSS) are prominent in their role repressing and attacking ordinary people, unlawful behaviour and notorious treatment of those who get in its way. 

“There have been several reports in the past that the secret police detained people and made them incommunicable. Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Services arrested and detained Mr Anthony Okolie for purchasing a sim card that was previously used by Hannan, a daughter of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari. Okolie bought the MTN mobile phone sim card in 2018, two years before his arrest.
“He was arrested on Monday, July 22, at Nnedisi Road, Asaba, Delta State. Okolie was taken to Abuja by the DSS operatives and was kept in custody until his release in December 2019. There are many cases like this one.

“Nigerians will also not forget that on June 4 last year, the Buhari regime “indefinitely suspended” Twitter, despite mass protests. The regime refused to unban it until January 13, 2022, seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria’s government suspended Twitter after the company deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari about punishing regional secessionists.

“In other related cases, Solomon Akuma was also detained for a tweet. He was later discharged by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Akuma's tweet were in response to a Twitter post asking respondents what their next move would be if they got $1 million. Akuma wrote he would "pay a Russian sniper to eliminate (President Muhammadu) Buhari and (Abba) Kyari (Buhari’s former Chief of Staff)", obviously not being serious. Akuma was abducted and had been detained at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja, for over 11 months before taken to Kuje prison where he is still kept.

“We in the RSM call on the general public to condemn the act of detaining Aminu and join forces with us to seek the immediate and unconditional release of this innocent student whose future is at stake.

“We demand that the State Security Service should release the innocent student and allow true freedom of expression. They few privileged of the ruling clique should be stopped from ruling Nigeria like it’s their back yard.

“We call on the trade union centres to condemn these neo colonial attitudes of the State Security Services and demand immediate release of Mr Aminu.”