BUK Final-Year Student Remanded Over Alleged ‘Cyberbullying’ Days Before Final Exams

Both defendants had already spent close to 30 days in EFCC detention before they were brought before the court.

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the prosecution and continued detention of a final-year student of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Maryam Isah Shehu.

Sowore accused the anti-graft agency under its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, of becoming an institution that targets citizens over criticism.

Sowore made this known on Thursday after attending two separate court sittings in which two individuals, including Shehu, were arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik over allegations of “cyberbullying” the EFCC.

According to Sowore, both defendants had already spent close to 30 days in EFCC detention before they were brought before the court.