Nigeria, April 19 -- The police have detained a man for five days for criticising the Executive Secretary of the Borno State Geographical Information Service, Adam Bababe, over flood prevention measures in the state,

Sultan Usman, a popular social media activist in Borno, was taken into police custody on Monday. His lawyer described his arrest and detention as unlawful.

After a flood disaster devastated homes and businesses in Maiduguri, the state capital, in September, flood prevention became a topical issue in the state,

Shorthly after the disaster, Mr Bababe, whose agency is responsible for land administration, appeared to blame, in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, communities that resisted his agency's steps to implement ...