A chief magistrate court in Kaduna has ordered the remand of Shehu Mahdi, a public affairs and political commentator, in a correctional facility.
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS)
arrested Madhi in Kaduna over the weekend after he posted inciting content,
including a video online claiming that President Bola Tinubu granted France the
approval to set up a military base in northern Nigeria.
The now-deleted post was uploaded on December 14 and
accompanied by a video of a Nigerian Army officer speaking Hausa while the
background showed a foreign soldier.
Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), and
Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, have since
debunked the claims as baseless.
At the court session on Tuesday, the DSS arraigned Mahdi
before Abubakar Lamido, the presiding magistrate, on a two-count charge of
conspiracy, aiding, and abetting terrorism.
The offences are said to be contrary to section 26(2)(3) of
the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022, and inciting public
disturbances is contrary to section 78 of the Penal Code Law of Kaduna state,
2017.
“In his ruling, Magistrate Lamido held that Mahdi remains in
a correctional facility in Kaduna until January 14, 2025, for further hearing
on the matter,” a statement by DSS said.
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