A judge in the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar remanded journalist Agba Jalingo to Kuje prison for cybercrime.
According to Politics Nigeria, Justice Abubakar allegedly denied Jalingo’s lawyers the opportunity to move a motion for bail after he was arraigned for cyberstalking.
Jalingo was accused of defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, who is a brother of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade.
Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on August 22, 2019, over a report alleging that Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, diverted N500 million belonging to the state.
from Punch
Despite all the extreme corruption flying around amongst our political leaders and their subordinates, . It's this one they caught and want to exercise their profession on. Nah wah!
ReplyDeleteGod will help the poor masses in Nigeria.
Amen my dear sister. Amen. This thing called oppression and intimidation eh.
DeleteStella thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please all, use your voice to rally against persecution of this brave man. This is when social media comes in very handy
ReplyDeleteAbsolute power corrupts absolutely
ReplyDelete4 years and counting. Nigerian politicians are Ekwensu personified.
ReplyDeleteHe looks so spaced out, like he is in complete shock. I truly wish him all the best. Journalists are in so much danger globally, the average person doesn't even know how dangerous it is for those who do investigative reports.
ReplyDeleteStellz, are you going to put something on his legal defense fund?
Bai's judge,
ReplyDeleteThey should leave this guy nah.
ReplyDeleteSome that said worse things nko?
Pure wickedness and more corruption going on. May God give us a new Nigeria with PO. All these will stop drastically
ReplyDelete4 years and no bail for a civil case. How long would the sentence then be? It seems the judge and the Elizabeth that was allegedly defamed may have paid the same person to write their law exams.
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