However, one of the family members, told SaharaReporters they had spent over N700,000 yet couldn't secure Adewale Ajimosogbe’s release.
The family of a 23-year-old blogger Adewale Ajimosogbe has raised the alarm over the detention of their son, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for three months.
Adewale was detained over alleged cyberbullying and libel against the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) General Overseer, Dr Daniel Olukoya.
The Nigeria Police Force on March 4, 2024, arrested Adewale, making it exactly three months today since his detention.
It was learnt that Adewale - the Publisher of PostReporters - was arrested in the Okitipupa area of Ondo State.
SaharaReporters gathered that the blogger was arrested for re-publishing a SaharaReporters' story on Ayotunde Richards’ N15.5-billion-naira fundamental human rights case against the MFM founder, Davidson Adejuwon and the Nigeria Police.
It was alleged that the blogger added a rider - 'Olukoya is a criminal and the one behind all illegal acts in MFM.'
SaharaReporters gathered that the police claimed that they were acting on the strength of a petition written by Davidson Adejuwon, an aide to Olukoya and a lawyer, in which he accused the blogger of tarnishing Olukoya's name.
Davidson filed the petition as counsel for one Mrs Sanni, an aide to Olukoya reportedly saddled with the cleric’s social media concerns.
In a ruling on Wednesday, April 24, Ambrose Allagoa, the presiding judge, said the charges against Adewale were bailable.
Adewale is to provide a surety with landed property in Lagos but has yet to perfect his bail condition.
However, one of the family members, told SaharaReporters they had spent over N700,000 yet couldn't secure Adewale Ajimosogbe’s release.
"We have spent over seven hundred thousand during the bail application process and when the bail condition was out, we were asked to provide a surety with landed properties in Lagos,” the family source said.
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