More than one year later, in February 2015, he was finally tried and sentenced to five years in prison for "organising" a protest under a 2013 protest law that prohibits unauthorised demonstrations.
Sama da shekara ɗaya bayan hakan, a Fabarairun 2015, a ƙarshe sai aka yi masa hukunci aka ɗaure shi tsawon shekaru biyar a kurkuku a dalilin ya "haɗa" zanga-zanga a ƙarƙashin wata dokar zanga-zanga ta 2013 wadda ta hana zanga-zangar da ba a bayar da dama ba.