Kabiru Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the phantom marriage between the President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Humanitarian Services, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has been arrested by Department of State Services (DSS).
DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunaya confirmed this to the Press on Friday, saying he is in DSS custody.
Mohammed, who hails from Kano State, was reportedly arrested after several months of investigations by DSS operatives.
He is accused of being behind a fake news that went viral about the said wedding between Mr. Buhari and his female minister which never took place.
According to the DSS spokesperson, an investigation was launched, following a formal complaint to the service by Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, whom the video also showed as getting married to the president .
He said, “Last year, 2019 between August and October there was a defamatory video that circulated widely across Nigeria and showing false engagement of Mr President in marriage with some members of his cabinet. One was the minister for finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed and another was that of the minister for minister of humanitarian affairs and social development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq.” Afunanya said.
“On the 11th of October, 2019 the honourable minister for finance, brought a formal complaint to the service in which she stated that the video had cost her big embarrassment and asked that an investigation be opened into that audio/video and the materials associated with it, the infographics and all the materials that were in circulation at the moment. She asked that a detailed investigation be opened in that regard with a view to identifying the persons or groups of persons that may have been behind the circulation of such defamatory materials.
“The service went into investigation and we can announce that it had apprehended the person that is involved and the person who started this and who circulated the materials. His name is Kabiru Mohammed. He hails from Kano. He is 32 years. He holds a diploma in Hausa and Fulfulde from the federal college of education, Kano and also holds a diploma in mass communication from Aminu Kano Islamic school.”
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