The suspect, Hafsat Abubakar
A former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has appealed to OPay Digital Services Limited to reconsider the arrest of Haifa Abubakar, who was detained over a viral post falsely claiming that the fintech company was shutting down its operations.
Ahmad made the appeal in a post on X on Thursday, saying Haifa had admitted her mistake and, according to his understanding, complied with OPay’s request to delete the post and apologise.
He said, “We all know that what Haifa did was wrong and virtually nobody supported her actions. However, I have questions about what happened afterwards.
“From what I have followed, after her tweet went viral, OPay only asked her to take down the post and issue an apology within a specified timeframe. My understanding is that she did exactly what she was asked to do; she removed the post and apologised.
