Shafi’u Umar Tureta, Special Assistant to former Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has been sent to prison over alleged defamation of the incumbent Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, and his wife, Hajiya Fatima Ahmed Aliyu, via social media platform.
He was charged with circulating injurious falsehood and engraving matter known to be defamatory.
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A Chief Magistrates Court in Sokoto on Friday remanded Tureta in a corrections centre for allegedly circulating falsehoods against Governor Aliyu.
The case was first mentioned on August 26, and the police prosecutor, Insp Abdurahman Mansur, said the offence contravened the penal code law.
The First Information Report, FIR, said the accused person committed the offence on July 18, 2024.
However, the accused had denied the allegations, while the lead Defense Counsel, Mr Al’Mustafa Abubakar, made an oral application for his bail which was objected by the Prosecution and Magistrate reserved for ruling.
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The Chief Magistrate Fatima Hassan, in her ruling, said the only document before her was the FIR and in recognition of the nature of the offences, the Defence Counsel needed to file a formal application for the accused person’s bail.
Hassan adjourned the case to September 18, for hearing and ordered the accused to be remanded in Correctional centre custody.
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