Nigeria, July 13 -- The police in Jigawa State have confirmed the arrest of a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Gossima. Although the police did not provide a reason for the arrest, Mr Gossima's associates say it is over a social media comment deemed offensive to a politician.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Gossima was arrested after the comment opposing a party member's ambition to go to the House of Representatives.

Mustapha Bulangu, a friend of Mr Gossima, on Friday, told PREMIUM TIMES that the police intercepted a vehicle in which Mr Gossima was travelling on Thursday along the Kafin Hausa/Bulangu highway in Bulangu town in the Kafin Hausa Local Government Area.

Mr Bulangu said a police team, led by Mustpaha T...