Nigerian pharmacist Solomon Akuma, who was jailed for criticizing former President Buhari, completes Nysc service

The human rights activist, Omoyele Sovore, who played an important role in drawing attention to the situation of Akuma, celebrated the development on his X (formerly Twitter) page and called it a ‘triumph over the wicked Buhari regime’. Solomon Akuma, a young Nigerian pharmacist who has been captured for almost three years under the Muhammadu Buhari administration over a satirical tweet, completed his compulsory National Youth Service Corps (Nysc) program. The human rights activist, Omoyele Sovore, who played an important role in drawing attention to the situation of Akuma, celebrated the development on his X (formerly Twitter) page and called it a ‘triumph over the wicked Buhari regime’. According to Sovore, the ordeal of Akuma began after posting a satirical tweet that the Buhari-led regime was considered undermining. He was arrested and thrown into prolonged detention without trial, and spent 33 months behind bars, mainly indifferent. “I met Solomon during my visit to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) detention facility in Abuja in 2020, while I looked at the detainees of #endsars, including Moyinoluwa Olowoyo ‘Gigabyte’,” Soswore wrote. He continued: “It was Babathe Shola, who was previously arrested by the Jonathan regime for creating a parody account, which introduced me to Solomon’s case.” Despite campaigns for his release and increasing public attention, Akuma remained in custody, which endured one of the darkest periods under the Buhari government’s dissatisfaction with division. Ironically, in January 2021, Sowore would be thrown into the same detention in January 2021, where he was held next to Akuma for ‘behavior that is likely to violate public peace’. By that time, says Sovore, Akuma became “the de facto president of the detention center”, a symbol of resilience among detainees. Akuma’s life remained in danger from the FCID to the Kuje Corrective Center. During the deadly Boko Haram Prison in Kuje in 2022, Akuma managed to escape briefly, but surprisingly returned to prison after the terrorists fled. Sowore continued: ‘We actively campaigned for the release of his Solomon Akuma, shortly when Shola was released, but in an ironic event, in January 2021, we kept ourselves in the Buhari regime to keep the actions of the Buhari regime. released by an three -member appeal court in Abuja. By that time, he spent time under the imminent danger of #Covid19, while in the Nigerian police force @policeng withholding, when he was transferred to Kuje prison, a deadly imprisonment survived by Boko Haram, he left the prison briefly, but he chose to return to me. “He called upon the courage to pursue his vision of becoming a prominent pharmacist and subsequently enrolled for the National Youth Service Corps @OficialNyscng, and to distribute his march on March 27, 2025. Solomon Akuma’s triumph over the Wicked Bubari regime after a strict hearing conducted by the wicked @mbuhari regime spent @solomonakuma 33 months in despair, and stripped his freedom over a twitter bant, which he placed the regime inimicall to his hold on… pic.twitter. (@Yelesowore) 5 April 2025