Babatunde Olusola, an orphan and final year student of Chemical Engineering of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, who was detained at the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Abuja for creating a parody Twitter account of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has been released.
Announcing the student's release on Tuesday in a post on Twitter, human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, said Jonathan had agreed to discontinue the case. @PoliceNG detention in Abuja after more than 2 months for creating a parody account in the name of ex-President @GEJonathan. "The former President has also agreed to discontinue the bogus criminal trial. Great thanks to all! #RevolutionNow."