Lawan Musa Majakura, the Yobe lawmaker-elect said he has been at the receiving end of public officials’ intolerance and employing security agents to cow critics.
The 34-year-old told his story in an interview with Daily Trust, where he said the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Ahmed Mirwa Lawan, who he defeated, and another power-drunk politician ensured his arrest twice for accusing them of non-performance.
Quoting him, the paper wrote, “Actually, I was arrested two times. One of them was from a politician in the APC before I left the party, after I criticised him on Facebook. He told the police to arrest and detain me for five days.
“The second one was from the Speaker, whom I defeated. I criticised him on poor representation and I was arrested and detained for 48 hours. It was last year during Ramadan.
“They arrested me for standing with my people. For example, whenever I heard that the state government approved a constituency project for state lawmakers, I used to verify where our own was executed and if it had any impact in our society?”
