Civil servant jailed for ‘insulting’ Gov. Dankwambo of Gombe state and his mother



For daring to ‘insult’ Gov. Dankwambo of Gombe state and his mother, 35-year-old Abubakar Adamu, a civil servant with Gombe state government has been remanded in prison.



Adamu who works with the state’s Ministry of Higher Education, was sued by Inuwa Dattijo aka DJ Maitaya of the State Agency for Social Services, claimed the former sent him an audio recording where insulted the governor and his mother.


The prosecuting officer, Inspector Habibu Danjuma, told the court that the accused charged with one-count charge of fabricating false evidence, an offense that contravened Section 156 of the Penal Code Law, was unable to name the sender of the message, failing to give a satisfactory account of the said information.


Daily Trust reports that the case has been adjourned to September 26th.


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