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Court remands man over alleged menace to launch non-public pictures and movies of Governor Yusuf
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of 1 Sanusi Dankaka on the Kuje Correctional Centre over allegations that he threatened to launch non-public movies and images of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Facebook.
Justice Salim Ibrahim issued the order after Dankaka was arraigned by the Department of State Services (DSS) on two counts of alleged cybercrime.
The defendant, nevertheless, pleaded not responsible to each counts.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that the cost, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/699/2026, was filed on October 22 by the DSS by way of its counsel, Yusuf Afegbua.
According to the prosecution, the alleged offences had been dedicated in October 2026 in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
In the primary depend, Dankaka and different individuals mentioned to be at massive had been accused of trying to flow into malicious content material by way of a Facebook account recognized as Sanusi Dankaka Yahaya.
The prosecution alleged that the defendant claimed to own nude movies and images of Governor Yusuf and threatened to make them public.
It additional alleged that the publication was false and was meant to trigger annoyance, inconvenience, insult and harm to the governor.
The DSS mentioned the alleged conduct contravened Section 27(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and many others.) Act, 2015, as amended, and was punishable underneath Section 24(1) of the identical regulation.
When the case was known as on Monday, Afegbua informed the courtroom that the prosecution was able to proceed with the arraignment.
Counsel to the defendant, Kauna Penzin, additionally confirmed her readiness for the proceedings.
After the fees had been learn to him, Dankaka denied the allegations.
Afegbua subsequently requested a trial date and urged the courtroom to remand the defendant to the custody of the Kuje Correctional Centre pending additional proceedings.
Justice Ibrahim granted the request and adjourned the case till December 7 for trial.
Dankaka was consequently ordered to stay in custody pending the subsequent listening to.
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