Aisha Buhari, the first lady of Nigeria, went too far by ordering the arrest of Aminu Adamu, a critic of her policies, according to Monday Ubani, chairman of SPIDEL, who also added that it was “totally unacceptable.”
On Thursday, Ubani revealed this while appearing on the Channel Television Sunrise Daily program.
Ubani, who was formerly the NBA’s second vice president and was also a lawyer, counseled those in public office to exercise a great deal of tolerance because they would always face criticism.
Remember how security personnel detained Adamu, a student at the Federal University in Dutse, Jigawa State, for making a remark about Aisha’s weight on his Twitter account?
DAILY POST reported that Aminu was arraigned on Tuesday before the FCT High Court No. 14 without the police notifying his family or lawyer.
“I don’t think it is proper. We cannot in any way use a sledge harmer to kill a fly, a young student criticising the president’s wife should now attract a president’s wife to be interested in getting the young man arrested. To me, that is going too extreme.
“You know I have absolute faith and love for this woman, especially when, in her initial statement, she was always trying to side with the masses, but this particular act of hers, I condemn it unequivocally, and I say it is absolutely wrong. She has to release that young man, and that is only when we can forgive Mrs Aisha Buhari. Let this young man come out of detention and ask to go back to school because he is starting his exams, as I heard, on Monday; the exam is resuming on Monday.
“If this young stayed in prison and could not take his exam on Monday, Nigerians would be very sad. I am very, very angry with the president’s wife. She is on her way out of office; let her lay a good example by releasing that young man,” he said.
