Court sentences Man to prison for insulating Governor on Facebook

The Magistrate Court sitting in Dutse, in Jagawa State, has sentenced a man named Sabi’u Ibrahim Chamo to six months imprisonment for insulting and defaming the State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar character on Facebook.

Chamo, who alleged that Governor Badaru collected money from All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants, in order to give them the party tickets.

Chamo was arrested by the Nigeria police on December 25 (Christmas Day) and detained before he was charged to court for failure to substantiate the allegations he made on Facebook.

The police prosecutor told the court that he was arraigned over an allegation he made that the governor had duped many All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants by collecting their money to give them party tickets.

Chamo pleaded guilty to the charge and the court sentenced him to six months in prison, with options to pay N20,000 as fine and 20 strokes of the cane to serve as a deterrent to others.

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