Aminu Adamu Mohammed was a student at Federal University, Dutse who tweeted a derogatory comment regarding the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari.

Accompanied by a photograph of Aisha Buhari, Mohammed had put up a tweet, which reads in Hausa, "Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi." The tweet simply translates as "Mama has eaten poor people's money and is now full.''

C.K Agu, his lawyer, told BBC Hausa that he had been arraigned by the police on Tuesday 29 November. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Agu also revealed that they have made numerous attempts since November 25th to release the student on bail but to no avail.

He said;

“Even in the court session yesterday, we notified the judge about the efforts made to have him released on bail, but we did not receive any reply from the police.

“We applied to the court to release the student on bail on health grounds and the fact that he will sit for the exam on 5, December. The court has ordered the police to provide the bail application before it for consideration between Tuesday and Wednesday.”

There's no update on the bail application yet.