In the suit seen by SaharaReporters on Wednesday and dated, December 06, 2022, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the police claimed the publication by the journalist against Elizabeth was false and was released for the purpose of causing her annoyance, ill will and insult.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dragged Nigerian journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo to court for allegedly defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade – a brother of the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade.
The police had in August 2022 arrested Jalingo after hours of laying siege to his Lagos residence for allegedly defaming the character of Elizabeth.
The journalist was later released after some days in detention.
In the suit seen by SaharaReporters on Wednesday and dated, December 06, 2022, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the police claimed the publication by the journalist against Elizabeth was false and was released for the purpose of causing her annoyance, ill will and insult.
The charge sheet read, “That you Agba Jalingo male of No.14 Oremeji Street, Ojudu Alapere Lagos on 30th June, 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did intentionally Published online at Cross River Watch and alleged that one Mrs Elizabeth Ayade Procured the services of one Pascal Aboh to write Nigeria Law School Examination Bar Examination for her an information you know to be false for the purpose of causing her annoyance, ill will and insult. You thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 24(1) b of CYBERCRIMES (PROTECTION, PREVENTION ETC) ACT, 2015.
“That you Agba Jalingo male of No.14 Oremeji Street, Ojudu Alapere Lagos on 30th June, 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did intentionally Published at your Facebook page known as Agba Jalingo that one Mrs Elizabeth Ayade Procured the services of one Pascal Aboh to write Nigeria Law School Examination Bar Examination for her an information you know to be false for the purpose of causing her annoyance, ill will and insult. You thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 24(1) b of CYBERCRIMES (PROTECTION, PREVENTION ETC) ACT, 2015.”
One Paschal Aboh, a suspended law lecturer at the University of Calabar, was nabbed and arrested for impersonating and re-sitting an exam for a student at the school.
The lecturer was suspected to have written the examination for Elizabeth.