Student who created Goodluck Jonathan’s parody account, freed after 82 days in detention
Olusola Babatunde, a final year student at Ladoke Akintola University and social media influencer who was arrested for creating a parody Twitter account of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been released after spending 82 days in detention. Media personality and Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, announced his release via Twitter. He tweeted: #FreeShola has just been released from @PoliceNG detention in Abuja after more than 2 months for creating a parody account in the name of ex-President @GEJonathan, the former Pres. has also agreed to discontinue the bogus criminal trial. G-thanks to all! #RevolutionNow Recounting his experience while in detention, Olusola said: “There was no social distancing in detention. I guess the people in the cells are exceptional. It is like COVID-19 doesn’t infect them and this is despite the fact that new suspects are brought in every day without testing. “However, we had an incident jus...




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