An aide of former Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal remanded in prison for sharing media content considered offensive to the sitting governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has been released on bail.
Shafiu Umar was remanded in a correctional facility on 28 August for allegedly insulting the governor, his wife, and his deputy in a Facebook post.
Mr Umar allegedly shared a video of the governor struggling to deliver a speech in English and also posted Mr Aliyu’s senior secondary school leaving certificate online.
