The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Sanusi Dankaka at Kuje Correctional Centre over allegations that he threatened to publish unclad videos and photographs of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Facebook.
Justice Salim Ibrahim issued the order on Monday after the
Department of State Services, DSS, arraigned Dankaka on two counts of alleged
cybercrime. The defendant pleaded not guilty to both charges.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Nan, the DSS filed
the case, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/699/2026, on October 22, accusing Dankaka of
committing the alleged offences in October 2026.
In the first count, the prosecution alleged that Dankaka and
other persons still at large used his Facebook account, Sanusi Dankaka Yahaya,
to threaten to release the governor’s alleged unclad videos and photographs.
The DSS told the court that the publication was false and
claimed that the defendant intended to cause annoyance, inconvenience, insult
and injury to the governor.
The prosecution said the alleged acts violated Section
27(1)(6) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, as
amended, and were punishable under Section 24(1) of the same law.
When the case came up on Monday, DSS counsel Yusuf Afegbua
told the court that the matter was scheduled for the hearing.
Dankaka’s lawyer, Kauna Penzin, also informed the court that
she was ready for the hearing.
After the charges were read to him, Dankaka denied the
allegations.
Afegbua subsequently asked the court to fix a date for trial
and requested an order remanding the defendant at Kuje Correctional Centre. The
defence counsel did not oppose the application.
Justice Ibrahim adjourned the case until December 7 for
trial and ordered that Dankaka remain in custody.
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