A pharmacist, Solomon Akuma is due to reappear in court on October 7, 2020, to continue his trial for terrorism and other charges after he expressed a wish to “eliminate” President Muhammadu Buhari and his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.
Akuma, an Abia State resident, had made the threat in March 2020 while responding to a question on Twitter.
The question was: “If $1m hits your account, your next move?”
Responding with the Twitter account Chukwuebuka S.A. @princeelitestar, the accused said, “pay a Russian sniper to eliminate Buhari and Abba Kyari”.
The Herald gathered that the tweet was later deleted and Akuma tried to change his Twitter account name.
It was learnt that police authorities tracked and arrested Akuma, and detained him for nearly three months.
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Sahara Reporters reported that he was finally arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja for charges bordering on terrorism, sedition, and criminal intimidation and threat to life of the President.
The accused person’s application for bail was denied by the court and the case adjourned until October 7, 2020, for continuation of trial.
Akuma’s alleged tweet:
A Twitter influencer, Babatunde Olusola, took to the platform to call for Akuma’s release.
Olusola, a final year student of Chemical Engineering of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, claimed to have been detained for more than 90 days for operating a parody account in the name of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He disclosed in a series of tweets on Friday that he met Akuma in the detention cell of Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), Abuja.
See tweets:
So Akuma Solomon was arrested in Abia state & detained in the FCIID, Abuja for making a joke about President Muhammadu Buhari. He’s been in detention for over 6months. He’s a pharmacist, was denied bail in court and was also charged with Terrorism 💔 #FreeSolomonAkuma pic.twitter.com/SU2DtCgpW3
— Shola (@jayyth3dope) September 4, 2020
Funny how these Police give huge charges and tag everything that happens on a phone, cybercrime. No one deserves to be treated in such manner. I met him in FCIID when I got detained, I left him behind also. He was the number 2 when I was the number 3 then. This is oppression💔
— Shola (@jayyth3dope) September 4, 2020
Information got to me that he’s now the number 1 in the cell (cell president). This is unlawfully. It takes only few seconds to tweet using the hashtag #FreeSolomonAkuma let’s get people to rescue this gentleman on here🙏🙏🙏
— Shola (@jayyth3dope) September 4, 2020
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