The development drew anger of a cross-section of social media users, who accused the governor of dictatorship.
But Abubakar on his Twitter handle Sunday night, said he gave the release order on his return from a business trip to China.
Abubakar, disclosed that he asked that Azare be freed after reading the reports of the blogger’s alleged offences.
The governor said he supports freedom of speech and did not condone the arrest.
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