The Gombe coordinator of TIB movement has been charged with criticizing the House of Reps Minority Whip Ali Isa online

The case is scheduled for a hearing on April 7, 2025. The Take IT Back Movement Coordinator for Gombe State, Thomas Umar, was charged in court for critical opinions he shared online. The case is scheduled for a hearing on April 7, 2025. Saharan Porters learned that the petition was filed against him by the minority whip of the House of Representatives, Ali Isa. Umar also claims to have received several threats to his life and that of his family because of his critical views. He insisted that he have the right to criticize as a voter of the district representing Ali Isa. The opinions in question were reportedly shared between May 19, 2020 and 20 September 2020. Court documents indicate that Umar was arrested in January 2025. According to police, the arrest occurred after completing their investigation. However, Sahara Porters learned that Umar was “kidnapped” by police before the case was listed in Gombe. Documents obtained by Saharan Porters contain some of the charges, which include: “That you, Thomas Umar, Male, 32 years old, of Tumfure Quarters, Layin Gidan Sarkin, Gombe State and Yusuf binary (male, now in general), on May 26, 2020, and September 20, 2020, each other and placed by the Facebook version of Thomas Umar and claims that Hon. Constituality, Gombe State, represented religion as a sabotage. pick up. However, when senior police officers revised the case, they noted that it was not a violation I should have been held for. After telling the circumstances of my abduction, I was asked to go, and the case was then and settled there. ‘ After the appointment of a new police commissioner, the case is again again. This time, when the petition was written, I was contacted nor my advocates for an answer. “They continued to submit the matter without reaching out to me. They filed a case regarding events from 2020, which has already been completed. ‘ He further explained that the police only contacted him after the case was filed, informing him that a police deputy commissioner wanted to interview him. He said: “I suspected that I had an interview with the Deputy Commissioner of the Police. But I wasn’t in Gombe at the time. This was despite the fact that they just told me it was an interview, not a matter. “Upon my return, I visited the police station and was informed that they wanted to serve my court documents. I wondered why they were not to my lawyers or even the sponsor, because it was just court documents. ‘ I also asked the question of why they had to arrest my sponsor when I was in the phone. ‘Although the sponsor has since been released, Umar described an end to an end to the case.