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The Federal Government has charged nine individuals in a six-count case for allegedly spreading false information on October 16, 2024, claiming that the Department of State Services (DSS) surrounded the National Assembly to facilitate the impeachment of Senate President Godswill Akpabio.....Read Full Article>>
Among those charged are the Incorporated Trustee of Order Paper, the platform accused of publishing the report, along with its founder and Executive Director, Oke Epia; Head of Operations, Tony Okeke Ofodile; Admin/Finance Executive, Edna Bill Ulaeto; and National Assembly lead reporter and author of the report, Elizabeth Atime. Other defendants include Regina Udo (Programmes Coordinator), Leah Twaki (Social Media Executive), Idongesit Joseph Ekoh (Admin Support), and Edoesomi Sharon Omonegho (National Assembly correspondent).
The charges, filed on October 21 at the Federal High Court in Abuja under case number FHC/ABJ/CR/555/2024, were brought by A. A. Yusuf, Deputy Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation.
The charges include violations of Section 24(1)(a) of the Cybercrimes Act 2015 (as amended in 2024), which pertains to the publication of false information.
The government alleges that Order Paper, through its agents, knowingly published a false report about a DSS siege aimed at removing the Senate President, an act deemed illegal under the Cybercrimes Act.
Additional charges include cyber defamation under Section 24(1)(b) of the same Act, accusing the defendants of publishing defamatory content about the DSS and Senate President Akpabio, intended to harm their reputations.
The charges also invoke Section 375 of the Criminal Code Act, alleging that the defendants knowingly published defamatory material that damaged the reputation of the DSS and subjected them to public ridicule.
No date has yet been scheduled for the arraignment of the defendants.
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