Desmond Ike, a blogger in Lagos state has been arraigned before a federal high court in the state for publishing a defamatory story on the managing director of Universal Bank for Africa, UBA, Philips Oduoza.
In a post titled: "Randy UBA MD, Philips Oduoza in adultery mess...romances star actress Genevieve Nnaji ", Desmond was said to have published an unconfirmed report of a romance between the banker and actress.
The prosecutor, Henry Obiazor claimed that Chima violated the law and was bound to be punished under section 24(1)(b) of the Cybercrime (prohibition, prevention, etc) Acts, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2015.
He is been prosecuted on a two count charge one of which reads:
"That you, Desmond Ike Chima 'm' and others now at large, in March 2015, at Ojodu, Lagos, in the Lagos judicial division intentionally sent or published an article on the internet entitled "Randy UBA MD, Philips Oduoza in adultery mess...romances star actress, Genevieve Nnaji..." for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, ill will, or needless anxiety to the said Philips Oduoza and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 24(1)(b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015".
Hmmm...we hope this goes well and the parties reach an out of court agreement for peace's sake.
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