A Nigerian blogger detained for five days
Nigerian blogger on Thursday spent his fourth night in detention for writing a controversial blog post.
Jamil Mabai, a blogger based in the Northwestern state of Katsina, was arrested by officers of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday in Kaduna.
The blogger is a known critic of the Katsina administration led by Aminu Masari on his blog, Cliqq Magazine.
A Magistrate Court in Katsina on Thursday declined jurisdiction to try him. The judge instead asked that he be further detained.
Mr. Mabai’s arrest is believed to have been ordered by the governor, a claim the latter’s spokesperson denied.
“The Police followed him from Katsina to Kaduna and arrested him there,” he said.
He also said “when they picked him up, they first took him to Unguwan Sanusi police station before they proceeded to Kankara local government and finally Katsina town”.
Friends and relatives of the blogger were apprehensive of his whereabouts, until the Police finally charged him to court on Thursday.
Mr. Mabai himself posted a tweet on his handle to say ” Finally they have taken us to court at GRA including one other Social Media activist, Bishir Dauda”.
Our source confirmed that the blogger was taken to the Magistrate Court Number 1, at the GRA.
He said “as soon as the matter was announced, the judge said he cannot entertain the matter for lack of jurisdiction”.
He said the judge ordered that the accused be taken to prison pending when he would be arraigned at a separate cour
Jamil Mabai, a blogger based in the Northwestern state of Katsina, was arrested by officers of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday in Kaduna.
The blogger is a known critic of the Katsina administration led by Aminu Masari on his blog, Cliqq Magazine.
A Magistrate Court in Katsina on Thursday declined jurisdiction to try him. The judge instead asked that he be further detained.
Mr. Mabai’s arrest is believed to have been ordered by the governor, a claim the latter’s spokesperson denied.
“The Police followed him from Katsina to Kaduna and arrested him there,” he said.
He also said “when they picked him up, they first took him to Unguwan Sanusi police station before they proceeded to Kankara local government and finally Katsina town”.
Friends and relatives of the blogger were apprehensive of his whereabouts, until the Police finally charged him to court on Thursday.
Mr. Mabai himself posted a tweet on his handle to say ” Finally they have taken us to court at GRA including one other Social Media activist, Bishir Dauda”.
Our source confirmed that the blogger was taken to the Magistrate Court Number 1, at the GRA.
He said “as soon as the matter was announced, the judge said he cannot entertain the matter for lack of jurisdiction”.
He said the judge ordered that the accused be taken to prison pending when he would be arraigned at a separate cour
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