The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has remanded a man, Sanusi Dankaka, in Kuje Correctional Centre for allegedly threatening to publish nude pictures and videos of Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf via his Facebook page.
The presiding judge, Justice Salim Ibrahim, ordered the remand of Dankaka on Monday, October 26, 2026, after he was arraigned by the Department of State Services (DSS) and pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge bordering on cybercrime offences.
The DSS had, in the charge filed on October 22 by Yusuf Afegbua, accused the defendant of committing the offence in October 2026.
In count one, Dankaka and some others at large, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, were alleged to have attempted, via his Facebook page, sent out the malicious publication.
He was alleged to have said that he was in possession of nude videos and photographs of Governor Yusuf and threatened to release them to the public.
The prosecution said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 27 (1)(6) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015, as amended and punishable under Section 24 (1) of the same Act.
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The DSS said the content of the publication was false, but the defendant was sent out the message for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, insult, and injury on the person of the governor.
When the case was called on Monday, Afegbua, who appeared for the DSS, informed the court that the case was scheduled for Dankaka’s arraignment and he was ready to proceed.
The defendant’s lawyer, Kauna Penzin, also said she was ready for the hearing.
After the charge was read to Dankaka, he denied the two counts.
Afegbua then applied for a trial date to prove their case against the defendant.
The lawyer also prayed the court to remand him in Kuje Correctional Centre, which the defence lawyer did not oppose.
Justice Ibrahim thereafter adjourned the matter until December 7 for trial and ordered that Dankaka be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre.
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