29-year-old blogger, Desmond Ike-Chima, is being held in prison pending a hearing of his bail after being charged on 2 counts with malicious publication. The publication was made against his boss, the Managing Director of United Bank of Africa, UBA, Plc, Philips Oduoza.
The defendant plead not guilty to both counts of the charges. He was remanded by Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court Lagos.
According to a VanguardNGR report:
Henry Obiazi, the prosecutor, told the court that the defendant and others still at large sometime in March 2015, at Ojodu falsely published an article by means of computer on the Internet entitled Randy UBA MD, Philips Oduoza in Adultery Mess, Romances Star Actress Genevieve Nnaji.
He alleged that the publication was for the purpose of causing annoyance, incontinence danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, ill will or needless anxiety to the victim. Obiazi, also alleged that the blogger’s publication led to the wife of Oduoza divorcing him over the alleged affairs with actress Genevieve.
The said offenses violate Sections 24 (1) (b) Cybercrime Prohibition Prevention Act, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015. The trial judge adjourned the case to November 6 for the hearing of the bail application.
The defendant plead not guilty to both counts of the charges. He was remanded by Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court Lagos.
According to a VanguardNGR report:
Henry Obiazi, the prosecutor, told the court that the defendant and others still at large sometime in March 2015, at Ojodu falsely published an article by means of computer on the Internet entitled Randy UBA MD, Philips Oduoza in Adultery Mess, Romances Star Actress Genevieve Nnaji.
He alleged that the publication was for the purpose of causing annoyance, incontinence danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, ill will or needless anxiety to the victim. Obiazi, also alleged that the blogger’s publication led to the wife of Oduoza divorcing him over the alleged affairs with actress Genevieve.
The said offenses violate Sections 24 (1) (b) Cybercrime Prohibition Prevention Act, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015. The trial judge adjourned the case to November 6 for the hearing of the bail application.
