Junior Pope: Police to prosecute blogger for allegedly defaming businessman E-Money
Lagos State police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced that a blogger named Stanley will be prosecuted for allegedly defaming businessman Emeka Okonkwo, also known as E-Money, in an online video.
Hundeyin made this disclosure on Monday while presenting the suspect to the media at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja.
He explained that the command received a petition from E-Money regarding the defamatory video. Following an investigation by a specialized team, the 24-year-old suspect was arrested in Uromi, Edo
“He is going to be prosecuted because the things he engaged in were criminal in nature. He has allegedly defamed E-Money and he is going to be prosecuted.
“We are not prosecuting the suspect because of the personality involved, but because he has allegedly committed crime, the personality goes through the normal channel by reporting the case to the police and we investigated and arrested the suspect.
“If one is defamed and you only talk about it on social media, you have not reported the case yet to the Police, it doesn’t work that way. The best thing to do is report at any police division, area command or police headquarters, we will take it up,” he said.
