The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has said it would be arraigning Chike Ibezim, an entrepreneur and the younger brother to the publisher of Reportera News, Nnamdi Ibezim, for being complicit to cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying and conspiracy.
Chike was arrested on August 10, following a publication by the news platform, established by Nnamdi Ibezim, claiming that former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, was drafting the presidential election tribunal verdict that would be handed to judges. Fashola denied the claim and petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over the “defamatory” report.
Following a report from Priory Terrace Solicitors on behalf of Fashola, the Nigerian Police Investigators from the Force Intelligence Bureau carried out an intensive investigations into the complaint and discovered that the suspect made a false publication on his handle – ReporteraNews on the social media platform ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter on Saturday, August 5.
According to the post on the social media platform, the complainant was alleged to be involved in the drafting of a controversial verdict in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and that the military have been deployed to his residence to restrict movement thereby intending to cast aspersion on the person of the former Minister, contrary to Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention) Act, 2015, which has the potential to cause harm, distress, and damage to his reputation, as well as posing great threats to national security and stability of “our dear country”.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, said technical and tactical analysis into the phone number used for making the publication in question showed it was registered to one Chike Ibezim. Swipe for interview with Chike…