A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to a lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, accused of cyberbullying a serving senator, Shehu Buba, to N5 million bail and two sureties in like sum.

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia granted the bail in a ruling yesterday in which she said Abdulraman must produce two sureties.

Justice Ajumogobia said the two sureties must have landed property with Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

She added that the sureties must submit the certificates of occupancy of the property and their international passport with the court and that the defendant should remain in custody till the bail conditions are perfected

Abdulrahman, a lawyer, and four others are being prosecuted by the Inspector-General (IGP) for allegedly cyberbullying Buba, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence.

The IGP, in the charge filed by Anthony Egwu on October 6, named Abdulrahman, 41 years; Daure David, 35; Ishaq Muhammed, 25; Abdulrashid Musa, 30; and Nasir Abubakar, 21, as the first to the fifth defendants.

The defendants were, on October 30, arraigned on an 11-count charge which also bordered on cybercrime, defamation, advance fee fraud, among others.

They pleaded not guilty to the counts and Justice Ajumogobia ordered their remand at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID).

In count one, the defendants were alleged to have, sometime in 2025, conspired among themselves “to commit an offence, to wit; cyberstalking against Senator Shehu Buba Umar”.

The offence is said to violate Section 27(1)(b) and punishable under Section 21(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act 2015 (as amended) 2024.

In count three, Abdulrahman was alleged to have, sometime in 2025, intentionally sent a video via his Tiktok handle with user name “Kibanna Channel” and his Youtube channel to defame the lawmaker by linking him to sponsorship of banditry with a view to tarnishing his image as a serving senator.

The court averred that the suspect allegedly stated that “Senator Umar, a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a sponsor of banditry and called for his investigation, a statement you made by means of computer systems and network knowing same to be false, for the purpose of causing breakdown of law and order and causing the Senator fear of death”.

The offence Is also said to be contrary to Section 24(1)(5) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015 (as amended) 2024, among other counts.

In one of the counts, Daure David was accused of attempting to collect N5 million from Senator Umar Umar under false pretense that the money would be used to settle those planning to protest against him.

Source; The Nation News