Personnel of the Taraba State Police Command, acting on the orders of Hajia Fatima Lau, wife of Senator Shuaibu Isa Lau, who represents Taraba North Senatorial District, have arrested and detained skit maker Nafiu Hassan for several days following a skit he made.
Lau is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Deputy Senate Minority Leader.
Hassan had done a skit where he decried the deplorable condition of roads in the senatorial district. He said that many of the roads are now killing zones due to their bad state.
However, sources said the Senator’s wife last Wednesday saw Hassan while passing by her street and called the police from GRA Division in Jalingo to arrest and detain him.
She was said to have created a scene publicly while accusing the skit maker of “cyberstalking and criminal character assassination.”
It was learnt that Hassan was tortured and released on Sunday. The source said, “Nafiu Hassan made a video about a month ago about bad roads and dilapidated health facilities in Taraba North.
However, this video led to his arrest last Wednesday and he was detained till Sunday,” a source told SaharaReporters.
“He was arrested by the police on the orders of the Senator’s wife. Nafiu was passing through the Senator’s street while the wife, Hajia Lau, was about to enter her residence in Old Commissioner Quarters in Jalingo.
“So, she saw him and created a scene knowing he was the one that made a video about bad roads and dilapidated healthcare facilities in her husband’s village. She termed that as defamation of character and then ordered policemen attached to her to immediately arrest him.
“These officers in her convoy then started beating him. Then they took him in their Hilux to GRA Division Jalingo and his bail was denied. He was however released on Sunday. He was accused of character defamation and criminal conspiracies, which are all null and void.”
Another source said it was not the first time the Senator’s wife would order security operatives to detain Nigerians. He said, “This is the fifth time this woman is maltreating people in this state.
“There was an incident of two boys passing around Mayo-Gwoi. Her convoy was passing by at the time and one of the boys mistakenly touched the car leading her convoy which was moving slowly due to traffic.
“It wasn’t the car she was inside but one of the cars in her convoy; however, out of annoyance, she called the police to arrest the boy and he was detained for three weeks.”
However, Efforts made by to reach Senator Lau failed as he did not answer nor return calls to his mobile phone.
A text message sent to his mobile line had yet to be replied to as at the time of filing this report.
