: Although insulting a political leader is not a known crime in Nigeria, police say the trio were arrested for 'conspiracy and intentional insult' against
The police in Katsina State on Thursday said they arrested a 70-year-old man seen in viral video ‘insulting’ President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governor,The police spokesperson in Katsina, Gambo Isa, in a statement, identified the suspect as Lawan Izala.
“I’m tormented with what happened in the village. While on my way back I met Bahajaje Abu asking me about the government, I told him that I withdrew my support because of what happened with my cows, I am now left with nothing, that is how I became emotional and started the insult,” Mr Izala said in the confessional statement released by the police.The other suspect, Bahajaje Abu, also reportedly confessed that he filmed the video while Mr Izala was insulting Messrs Buhari and Masari.
The police said a shop owner, located at Gafai quarters, Katsina metropolis, Hamza Abubakar, was also arrested by the police. He said the video was filmed at the front of his shop.Insulting a political leader, including the president or a governor, is not a crime in Nigeria. However, authorities at state and federal levels have increasingly clamped down on perceived critics, and usually apply diverse laws to charge them with disrespecting the leaders.
The spokesperson, Mr Isa, said the police “were jolted into action after seeing the viral video on social media showing one Lawal Izala, 70, of Gafai Quarters, Katsina town.”
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