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Court fines Kano PPRO N1m over human rights violation

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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano fined Kano state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, one million naira for human rights violation after police personnel detained Bashir Bashir Galadanci, a social media commentator, accusing him of defaming the PPRO on his social media posts.

 

Police arrested Bashir Galadanci last year accusing him for his Facebook post prasing the former PPRO Abdullahi Majiya, in most of the post and defaming the current PPRO, Abdullahi Haruna kiyawa.

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In his verdict, Justice Obiora fined DSP Kiyawa a one million Naira fine for damages and detaining Bashir for more than 48 hours, violating his right. The court also said Bashir has a freedom of expression as enshrined by the Nigerian Constitution.

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The court said Bashir should not be arrested or invited to the police again for the same case again and the court asked Kiyawa to tender his apology on radio stations for violating his right.

 

Other responders in the case are: Inspector Abba Jakara, Imrana, PPRO’s official driver, former Officer in Charge Anti Daba and Superintendent of Police Uba Bangajiya.

 

In his interview with SAHELIAN TIMES, Bashir Bashir Galadanchi narrated how the police detained him, beat him up and forced him to lie against former PPRO, Magaji Musa Musa Magaji.

 

“I have a good relationship with Majiya so I always post his achievements or anything directly related to him because our relationship is personal not because he is a police officer but he is like a brother and a friend to me,” He said.

 

“That was what provoked his successor, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa because he even invited me to build a relationship with him but I told him that I am not interested because Majiya is like a brother to me and I cannot dump him,” Bashir Said

 

He added that “From then, he started following my activities and movements though I never cared about what he was doing but quite, unfortunately, he started arresting my close friends and I immediately submitted myself to the police.

 

“Kiyawa asked police to detain me for defamation of character; showing me my preview posts which I used satirical phrases even though I didn’t mention his name but he insisted that I was referring to him. They interrogated me and forced me to implicate Majiya to say that he was the one who was asking me to write everything against him.

 

“During the interrogation, he was the complainer, prosecutor and also investigator all at once. During the interrogation, they slapped me, beat me up, and forced me to record a video begging him to forgive me,” Bashir said.

 

He further said “From there, they arraigned me in court but later, the court released me on bail condition while I also filed a case at Federal High Court and wrote a letter of petition to Inspector General of Police and National Human Right Commission and today, the court reached it’s a verdict that he should tender an apology to me for violating my rights,” He concluded.

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Breaking:Former Chief Justice Of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Is Dead

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), is dead.

A close source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning that the former head of Nigerian judiciary passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

“Ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead. He passed away this morning at a Saudi Arabian Hospital,” the source said.

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Nigeria Tracker reports that Late President Muhammadu Buhari appointed late Justice Ibrahim Tanko into the exalted seat after the sacking of his predecessor Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen over the issue of code of conduct in January 2019.

In Late 2022 Justice Ibrahim Tanko suddenly exited the seat due to what many said intense pressure from cabals in Late President Muhammad Buhari’s presidency and was succeeded by retired Justice olukayode .

Late Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad hails from Bauchi state .

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The Aso Rock Gossip That Made Late President Buhari Lock His Wife Out

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

In a new biography, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that late President Muhammadu Buhari began locking his bedroom door, preventing her from gaining access, after hearing rumors within Aso Rock that she intended to kill him.

This personal account is featured in the 600-page book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, where Aisha Buhari details her experience managing her husband’s health challenges during his presidency.

She stated that the former president, trusting the gossip circulating within the presidential villa, altered some of his personal habits as a result.

The biography, which was authored by Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research, was launched at the presidential villa in Abuja.

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Many high-profile persons and political chieftains, including President Bola Tinubu, attended the launch.

In the book, Aisha said Buhari’s 2017 health crisis was not a mysterious ailment or the effect of poisoning, but began after a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutritional habits.

The former first lady said she had long managed her husband’s meals and supplements at specific hours, adding that the regimen helped Buhari to maintain stability.

“According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa,” the book reads.

When they moved to the villa, she said she convened a meeting with close staff including Suhayb Rafindadi, the physician; Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer; the housekeeper, and the DSS DG to explain the plan.

After some time, the plan was discontinued.

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, I explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Aisha was quoted as saying in the book.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, adding that the president began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped”.

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

Aisha denied stories of plots to poison her husband, adding that Buhari’s health began deteriorating because of “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis”.

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Former Kano LG Chairmen Endorse Tinubu, Reaffirm Loyalty to Ganduje as Kano APC Leader

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‎Former local government chairmen in Kano State who served between 2014 and 2024 under the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and reaffirmed their loyalty to the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ganduje, as the party’s leader in Kano State.

‎The former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Baffa Takai, made this position known during a closed-door meeting with Kano APC stakeholders in Abuja.

‎‎The former local government chairmen also expressed their solidarity with APC stakeholders under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, commending their efforts toward promoting unity and progress within the party.

‎They called on other party members to join hands with them in fostering peace, unity, and progress within the APC.

‎The group further reaffirmed its commitment to the party’s ideals and principles and pledged to continue working collectively to strengthen the party and ensure its victory in future elections.

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