The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari , has withdrawn the defamation and slander charges against Aminu Muhammad, the detained student of the Federal University of Technology, Dutse, Jigawa State.
According to the prosecution counsel, Fidelis Ogbobe, the first lady decided to drop the case following the intervention of well-meaning Nigerians.
Ogbobe cited Section 108 subsection 2(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act to move the application for the withdrawal of the case.
Ruling on the matter on Friday, Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court, Abuja, commended Mrs Buhari for taking the “bold steps” to pardon the accused.
Mohammed 24, was arrested and detained on the orders of Aisha for tweeting in Hausa that the first lady was feeding fat on the money meant for the poor.
The tweet in June read: “Su mama Anchi Kudin Talakawa an koshi,” meaning, “Mama has fed fat on poor people’s money.”
