The Nigerian Navy has allowed OSCOMP Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, to reunite with his family after serving one-month ‘extra duty’.
The popular Instagram comedian was freed on Monday and allowed to return home.
According to PUNCH, a lawyer to Cute Abiola, Fatai Adebanjo, confirmed the development in a chat on Monday evening.
Cute Abiola was arrested on November 15, 2021, for wearing police uniform in one of his skits and for ridiculing the Nigeria Police Force in the process.
He was, however, was given a light punishment of a ‘one-month extra duty’ after a military trial, according to naval spokesperson, Commodore Suleman Dahun.
“Cute Abiola has been placed on one-month extra duty after he was tried. He will be in charge of cleanship; supervising painting, electricians, carpentry, cutting of grasses, and others. He will be supervising civilians,” Dahun had said.