The lawyer accused Richards of sundry acts of cyberbullying and libelling Olukoya.
Ayotunde Richards, a gospel singer and former member of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) and a 23-year-old blogger Adewale Ajimosogbe remanded over alleged cyberbullying and libel are still in prison seven days after they were granted bail by Federal High Court in Lagos.
The duo were accused of libelling the MFM General Overseer, Daniel Olukoya.
SaharaReporters learnt on Wednesday that the duo were yet to meet their bail conditions seven days after the Lagos court granted them bail.
In a ruling on Wednesday, April 24, Ambrose Allagoa, the presiding judge, said the charges against the duo were bailable.
They are to provide sureties with landed properties in Lagos but both of them had yet to perfect their bail condition one week after.
SaharaReporters had reported how Richards was arrested over a petition from Davidson Adejuwon.
The lawyer accused Richards of sundry acts of cyberbullying and libelling Olukoya.
Davidson filed the petition as counsel for one Mrs Sanni, an aide to Olukoya reportedly saddled with the cleric's social media concerns.
In the petition, the lawyer accused Ayotunde Richards of sundry acts of cyberbullying and making libellous claims against Olukoya.
Similarly, Ajimosogbe was also arrested by the police and charged with cyberbullying and libel against Olukoya.
It was learnt that Ajimosogbe - the Publisher of PostReporters - was arrested in the Okitipupa area of Ondo State.
SaharaReporters gathered that Ajimosogbe was arrested for re-publishing a SaharaReporters' story on Richard's N15.5-billion-naira fundamental human rights case against the MFM leader, Davidson Adejuwon and the Nigeria police.
It was alleged that the blogger added a rider of his own 'Olukoya is a criminal and the one behind all illegal acts in MFM.'
Richards had also filed a suit against Olukoya over an alleged breach of his fundamental human rights.
Other respondents in the case are Davidson Olaniran Adejuwon Esq; Superintendent of Police Tawose Ayoleyi Ajayi and the Nigeria Police Force.
Olukoya, Davidson, Ajayi and the Nigeria Police Force are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Respondents respectively.
Ayotunde Richards, who was once the leader of the cleric’s backup singers, alleged that Olukoya locked him up at the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Ikoyi for eight days.
He described his detention by the police as illegal, oppressive and a brazen abuse of power.
Ayotunde Richards’ wife, Sholabomi, could not be reached on the phone on Wednesday when SaharaReporters tried to get across to her.
A relation of Ajimosogbe, on Wednesday, told SaharaReporters that the reason why he was still in prison was because the bail condition was tough.
The family source said, “As of this moment, Adewale has not met the bail condition. We are having difficulties because of the condition imposed. The judge demanded a surety with a landed property in Lagos.”
“We are staying in Okitipupa in Ondo State, we don't know anyone in Lagos. I’m using this opportunity to call on Nigerians to come to our rescue. Please we don't want our son to die in prison," the family source added.
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