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Audu Maikori Reportedly Rearrested & is Being Transported to Kaduna
Audu Maikori
Chocolate City President Audu Maikori has been re-arrested.
According to a series of tweets by his colleague Edward Israel-Ayide, he is being transported to Kaduna.
Audu has been rearrested and is being taken to Kaduna as we speak. This is simply persecution by NER #FreeAudu
— Edward Israel-Ayide (@wildeyeq) March 10, 2017
This is the supposed “inciting” post https://t.co/Yp31DFBptP read it and tell me if this is not just a personal vendetta #FreeAudu
— Edward Israel-Ayide (@wildeyeq) March 10, 2017
#FreeAudu Men of the Nigerian Police have again arrested @Audu for charges which are said to… https://t.co/KGgrrfglYX
— Edward Israel-Ayide (@wildeyeq) March 10, 2017
Recall that Audu was arrested over a story he published late January on the killing of five students of College of Education, Gidan-Waya, Kaduna. It turned out the story was false and he later published a retraction and issued an apology.
He was subsequently arrested on February 17 and was released on bail 24 hours later.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai had, during the just concluded Social Media Week, said that Audu will be prosecuted for spreading false stories capable of inciting retaliatory attacks in the ongoing crisis in Southern Kaduna.
Earlier this week, Audu collapsed during the Annual Conference of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) at Shell Hall, Muson centre, Lagos.
