Vice Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has called for the unconditional release of the detained undergraduate of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Aminu Mohammed held over his criticism of Aisha Buhari.
Mohammed was arrested by the police over a post on Twitter, alleging Aisha Buhari, wife of the President, was ‘feeding fat on poor citizens’ money.’
The VP candidate disclosed this in a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Baba-Ahmed said citizens had the right to criticise the government without fear.
While we will never as a party condone indecorous speech and disrespect to elders, we wish to remind the Buhari State House that they rode to power on the personal denigration of their opponents and empty promises without slightest clues of good governance.
“Individuals must be free to express themselves freely and any infraction of law be pursued as civil matter and not through high-handed abuse of power. This is not 1984. We lend our voice to the genuine calls for his immediate release,” Baba-Ahmed said in condemning the arrest of Aminu over his post on Aisha Buhari.
President Muhammadu Buhari was the military Head of State in 1984, but his regime, which was accused of poor human rights record, was toppled in 1985.
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