Court remands lawyer, others for alleged cyberbullying Bauchi senator

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the remand of a legal practitioner, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and four others at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Area 10, Abuja, until November 10.

Justice Rita Offili-Ajumogobia gave the order after the suspects were arraigned for allegedly cyberbullying a serving senator, Senator Shehu Umar.

The defendants, who are being prosecuted by the Inspector General of Police, are accused of blackmailing the Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence.

The defendants are: Daure David, Ishaq Muhammed, Abdulrashid Musa, and Nasiru Abubakar.

They were arraigned by the police on eleven counts bordering on cyberbullying, advance fee fraud, and extortion.

In count one, the defendants were alleged to have, “sometime in 2025, conspired among themselves to commit an offence, to wit: cyberstalking against Senator Shehu Buba Umar.”

The offence is said to be contrary to Section 27(1)(b) and punishable under Section 21(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015 (as amended in 2024). Vanguard