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Breaking: Gov. Ganduje’s Critic, Mu’azu Magaji Remanded In Prison
A former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Kano State, Muazu Magaji has been remanded at a correctional centre in the state on the order of a Magistrate’s court sitting at Nomansland area.
A four-count charge has been filed against Magaji bordering on defamation of character, intentional insult, injurious falsehood and inciting disturbance against the state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Magaji on Monday when brought before the magistrate, pleaded not guilty to all the charges said to be in contravention of Sections 392, 399 and 114 of the Administration of Criminal Justice of Kano State 1999.
The magistrate, Aminu Gabari, then ask the defendant whether he knew the meaning of defamation of character to which he answered no.
Gabari pointed to the part accusing Magaji of posting Ganduje’s picture on Facebook with a lady, which portrayed the governor of having extra-marital affairs but Magaji denied the allegations.
The Magistrate who objected to the bail application of the former commission ordered that he be remanded at a correctional centre until Thursday when the ruling will be delivered on the bail application.
The arrangement of the former commission earlier fixed for January 28, 2021, could not hold because his lawyer, Gazzali Ahmad, argued that his client temporarily lost his ability to hear following the accident that happened when police attempted to arrest him in Abuja.
The magistrate had then ordered him to be remanded at the police hospital in Kano, where he received medical attention.
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