EFCC Drops Charges Against BUK Student, Co-defendant after Public Outcry

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn charges against Bayero University, Kano (BUK) final-year student Maryam Isah Shehu and another Nigerian, Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad, following public criticism over their arraignment for alleged cybercrime and peddling malicious information against the commission. The two defendants were separately arraigned before Justice Joyce…