The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday released blogger, Abubakar Usman, who the agency accused of cyber stalking.
Usman’s arrest on Monday came after he published a story considered critical of EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
Sympathisers launched a #FreeAbusidiq online campaign in solidarity with the man critics accuse of being a rabid supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a series of tweets after his release, Usman thanked all those who spoke against his detention while vowing to pursue “all legal and constitutionally established avenues to ensure that this does not repeat itself.”
While admitting that he fought for the enthronement of the Buhari administration, he lamented that occurrences like his detention are not what he and million others bargained for.
1. I would like to thank my family, friends, my legal team, members of the All Progressives Congress Youth Forum (APYF)…
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
2. members of the Nigerian online community, and hundreds of thousands of Nigerians who in one way or another…
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
3. spoke out against my unconstitutional detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
4. Your tweets, posts, and demands for the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of speech led to my release…
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
5. …as well as the victory that we have achieved today…
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
6. This experience has stirred up broader conversations on the roles of our statutory established institutions…
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
7. the parameters of our laws, and our civil liberties as citizens of our great Federal Republic.
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
8. Moving forward, I will be pursuing all legal and constitutionally established avenues to ensure that this does not repeat itself.
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
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9. This is a govt tht I fought for. Bt occurrences like these are nt d experiences that myself and millions of Nigerians fought for.
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
10. I hope that we can use this to rectify the wrongs in our system towards the attainment of a more sustainable democracy.
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
11. The reason(s) behind my arrest will be made known to all of you.
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
12. I thank you all for the love and support you have shown me.
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@MrAbuSidiq) August 9, 2016
In all, the EFCC has succeeded in making Usman a bigger social media celebrity.
