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Court remands Ex-Governor’s aide for allegedly defaming  Sokoto governor, wife

A Sokoto Chief Magistrate Court on Friday remanded Shafi’u Umar in a corrections centre for allegedly circulating falsehood against Gov. Ahmad Aliyu and his wife on social media platform. Umar, 37, who was the Special Assistant to former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal is charged with circulating injurious falsehood and engraving matter known to be defamatory. The case was first mentioned on Aug. 26,…