A blogger, Musa Babale Azare, has been arrested by policemen in Abuja, allegedly for criticising  Bauchi state governor, Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar.

Witnesses said the policemen, who picked Musa up at Wuse Zone 7 drove him to an unkonown destination in a police car with registration number YDB217AA.

 Activists have set up the hash tag #FreeMusaAzareNow to demand for the blogger's release.

 This is coming about two weeks after a popular blogger, Abubakar Sadiq was arrested by the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC)