The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Sanusi Dankaka at Kuje Correctional Centre over allegations that he threatened to publish nude movies and pictures 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 responsible to each fees.
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 primary depend, the prosecution alleged that Dankaka and different individuals nonetheless at massive used his Facebook account, Sanusi Dankaka Yahaya, to threaten to release the governor’s alleged nude movies and pictures.
The DSS advised the court docket that the publication was false and claimed that the defendant meant to trigger annoyance, inconvenience, insult and harm to the governor.
The prosecution stated the alleged acts violated Section 27(1)(6) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and so on.) Act, 2015, as amended, and had been punishable underneath Section 24(1) of the identical regulation.
When the case got here up on Monday, DSS counsel Yusuf Afegbua advised the court docket that the matter was scheduled for the listening to.
Dankaka’s lawyer, Kauna Penzin, additionally knowledgeable the court docket that she was prepared for the listening to.
After the fees had been learn to him, Dankaka denied the allegations.
Afegbua subsequently requested the court docket to repair a date for trial and requested an order remanding the defendant at Kuje Correctional Centre. The defence counsel didn’t oppose the appliance.
Justice Ibrahim adjourned the case till December 7 for trial and ordered that Dankaka stay in custody.
