Nigeria charges student with defamation over tweet about first lady was released.

 The first Nigerian student to insult first lady behold Aisha Buhari, the wife of the very president of Nigeria general Muḥammad buhari on Twitter.com a couple of months back, Ahmad Adamu Muhd, was released after captivity of few weeks to scorn the unscold childish rubbish and to serve as warning to who earlier has in mind of attempting in the future.

Nigeria charges student with defamation over tweet about first lady was released.

Nigeria has charged a student with “criminal defamation” over a tweet he posted about the physical appearance of the country’s first lady.

Aminu Adamu was arrested at his university in northern Jigawa state on 18 November and transferred to the capital, Abuja, five months after his online post about Aisha Buhari, the president’s wife.

He was detained after the first lady filed a complaint, triggering a police investigation, according to court documents. Based on the results of that preliminary investigation, the capital’s police commissioner filed a lawsuit against the student.

“He was arraigned on Tuesday,” said Adamu’s lawyer, Chijioke Kingsley Agu. “The charge is criminal defamation against the first lady.”

Adamu was remanded into custody at the Suleja prison near Abuja pending a bail application, and the case was adjourned until 30 January. If convicted, he could face up to two years in prison, according to Nigeria’s penal code.

According to the court documents, Adamu said he had commented on a photo of the first lady on Twitter. It was not clear whether he had intended to make a joke or to accuse her of corruption.

Amnesty International urged the authorities to release Adamu. “His family and friends alleged that he was held incommunicado and subjected to severe beating, torture and other forms of ill-treatment,” the rights group said. “The bogus charges against Adamu Muhammed must be urgently and unconditionally dropped.”