Dr. John Danfulani, a former lecturer with the Kaduna State University and outspoken critic of the government of Governor Nasir el-Rufai, was on Monday ranted bail after 13 days in prison without trail.
Danfulani, who resigned as a Political Science Lecturer with Kaduna State University, KASU, after being suspended for “embarrassing” Governor Nasir el-Rufai, was on October 27th, 2016 arraigned at a Kaduna High Court in a case with reference KDH/KAD/102c/2016 in which he was charged with making “an inciting public statement” in a facebook post he allegedly made in December last year.
He was charged under section 417 and 418 of the Penal Code.
Justice Bilkisu Mohammed, who presided over the court, ordered that Danfulani be remanded in Kaduna prisons until she returns from a seminar on November 7th, 2016, after she refused hearing a bail application from Barrister James Kanyip, Counsel to Danfulani.
However, Justice Mohammed, Monday granted Danfulani bail on conditions that he submits his International Passport, and produced two sureties each, with a proven landed property in Kaduna.
The conditions were satisfied and Danfulani was released around 4:15pm to a crowd of relations, friends and supporters at the gate of Kaduna prisons.
Speaking to journalists, Kanyip said, “There was no justification for keeping my client for 13 days in prison without trail.
“The offence under which he is charged should not have led to this lengthy remand without bail. It is very unfair.”
On his part, Danfulani said: “My experience in prison is a sad one. Kaduna prison cannot reform an inmate, but would make the person resentful of government and harden him. The condition of the prison is not befitting the dignity of any human being.”
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