A Federal High Court, Lagos has remanded a blogger and former member of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM), Ayotunde Richards and Adewale Ajimisigbe at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for alleged cyber-bullying and libel.
A Federal High Court, Lagos has remanded a blogger and former member of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries , Ayotunde Richards and Adewale Ajimisigbe at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for alleged cyber-bullying and libel.
He said that the defendants through a blogging platform named: ‘Postreporters’, a social network, made a report with the caption: “He is a criminal and behind all illegal acts–Ex-MFM church singer sues founder, Daniel Olukoya, others, seeks N15.5 billion in damages over illegal detention, breach of human rights.”
Following their not guilty plea, the prosecutor asked for a trial date and prayed the court to remand them in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services , pending when their bail applications will be heard and determined. Justice Lewis-Allagoa, therefore, adjourned to March 21, for hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendants be remanded in NCoS’ custody.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
An international trade exhibition dedicated to medicines, Pharma West Africa, has planned to host over 120 exhibitors and more than 2,500 pharmaceutical professionals from around the world, with the aim of nurturing them with accredited learning opportunities at its forthcoming conference.
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