The Nigerian Students Association (NANS) called on President Muhammad Buhari’s wife Aisha Buhari to apologize and compensate Aminu Adamu, her senior at Dutse Federal University.
This was announced on Saturday in a statement signed by Comrade Kehinde Damilola Simeon, Chairman of the Ogun State Joint Campus Committee (JCC).
Student groups said Adamu’s arrest and his nearly two-week detention on orders from Aisha Buhari was an abuse of power.
Remember, Adamu was arrested by security forces for allegedly tweeting an insulting statement about the First Lady.
It was reported that Adamu was secretly indicted Tuesday at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, pleaded not guilty and was sent to a correctional facility. Following public outcry over his imprisonment, the first lady on Friday dropped the lawsuit, saying it was the result of intervention by well-meaning Nigerians.
However, NANS’ release and meeting with President Buhari was not enough and demanded Adam be compensated with a letter of apology.
“Madam Aisha Buhari should apologize publicly in at least four daily newspapers. Aminu and his family should be compensated for the inhumane condition the first family had thrown them into in the last few days.
“These principles are what we consider as the fundamental basis for demanding the release of the unjustly victimized Nigerian student, Aminu Adamu, who had only said nothing but the truth which is visible to all”.