The Jigawa State Police Command has denied the arrest of a 500-level student of the Federal University, Dutse.
It was earlier gathered that a student, identified as Aminu Muhammad, was reportedly arrested for posting a tweet apparently mocking the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari.
The tweet which was written in Hausa and accompanied by a photo of the first lady, read in English, “Mama has eaten poor people’s money and is now full.”Shortly after the tweet, Muhammad was arrested allegedly by operatives of the Department of State Service, leading to a backlash from Nigerians against the service and the first lady on social media. 
However some had to criticize the DSS over Muhammad’s alleged arrest including Lawyer Inibehe Effiong who tweeted “You are defending Aisha Buhari because she’s someone’s mother. This argument is preposterous. Thousands have lost their mothers to the incompetence and cruelty of the Buhari regime. Thousands have been orphaned by the corruption in management of funds meant to combat terrorism.”
Also condemning the reported arrest, a social media influencer, Daniel Regha, said it was an abuse of power.He tweeted, “Patience Jonathan was unfairly mocked everyday when she was the First Lady, no one got detained, but the SSS went ahead to arrest a Twitterer (Adamu Muhammed) for criticising Aisha Buhari. Is that the job of the SSS? Why not charge the guy to court? This is an abuse of power.”
While the DSS was still getting criticised over Muhammad’s arrest, reports stated that the student was arrested by the police.Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer for the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, said he was not aware of the arrest.“We didn’t make the arrest. An arrest cannot be made in my area without me being informed,” he said.
