The adjorned case between Fidelity bank Plc MD, One Mr Nnandi Okonkwo and Nigerian Blogger, Seun Oloketuyi for allegedly publishing a defamatory story will be heared tomorrow
It would be recalled that,last week Tuesday,the accused appeared before a Federal High Court, Lagos.
The accused, Seun Oloketuyi, 39, is standing trial on a two-
count charge bordering on defamation.
The Prosecutor, Mr Olakanmi Omisope, told the court that the
accused committed the alleged offences sometime in June, in
Lagos.
He said that the accused, knowingly and intentionally,
published a defamatory story on the internet against one Mr
Nnamdi Okonkwo, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc.
Omisope alleged that the accused published the said
defamatory story in www.naijahottestgist.com, in order to
annoy, and insult Okonkwo.
The prosecutor also alleged that the accused knew that the
information he published was false.
He said that the offences contravened Section 24 (1) (b) of
the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act, 2015, and Section
375 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C38, Laws of the
Federation.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, however, urged the court to remand the
accused in prison custody pending trial.
Counsel to the Accused, Mr A. A. Adetunji, asked the court to
allow him make an oral application for bail of the accused.
However, the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, in his
ruling, remanded the accused in Ikoyi prison, and adjourned
the case to Sept. 1, tomorrow for hearing of a formal application for bail
Reports say, Section 24 (1) of the Cybercrime Act
provides that any person who intentionally or knowingly sends
a message which is grossly offensive or obscene and found to
be false, by means of computer network, is liable on
conviction to a fine of N7, 000 or three years imprisonment or
both.