Ikamu Hamidu Kato, an Adamawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party Youth Leader, has been handed a one-year jail sentence for insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha.
In a viral video he shared on social media on the 10th of July, 2021, Kato described President Muhammadu Buhari and Boss Mustapha as “useless human beings,” He specifically called the SGF a “Bastard and a Dog.”
The PDP youth leader in the Hong council area was handed the jail sentence after being arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court on Monday, August 2, by the Department of State Security.
The prosecution, which provided two witnesses, a DSS operative Zayyanu Adamu and Husseini Nakura, chairman of Adamawa State Concern Citizen, also tendered a confessional statement of Kato and a USB drive as an exhibit.
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Kato, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to one year in prison for insulting President Buhari and another year for insulting Boss Mustapha after being found guilty of inciting public disturbance.
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Chief magistrate Dimas Elishama ruled that both sentences are to run concurrently with an option of an N25,000 fine.
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