By Patrick Obia
The Commissioner of Police Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has filed a two-count charge on cybercrimes against the Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo.
The suit with charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/565/2022 has the Commissioner of Police Abuja as the complainant states that the charge is in connection with the article Agba published about Mrs. Alami Frank Ayade and the embattled University of Calabar lecturer – Pascal Aboh who is currently facing trial for impersonation at Nigerian Law School resit examination in 2022.
“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 RiverWatch and alleged that one Mrs. Elizabeth Ayade Procured the services of one Pascal Aboh to write Nigerian 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 offense 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 on 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 offense punishable under Section 24(1) b of CYBERCRIMES (PROTECTION, PREVENTION ETC) ACT, 2015,” the charge read.
Mrs. Alami had denied contracting Mr. Pascal to sit for the exam, and called the allegation “baseless and untrue.”
Recall that a defamation petition was filed by Mrs. Ayade which led to the arrest of Citizen Agba Jalingo, and the attempted kidnapping of his staff in Calabar, Cross River State in August 2022
Mrs. Alami Ayade, through her lawyers in Abuja – Uyi Frank Obayagbona & Co had written to Citizen Jalingo, claiming he wrote a defamatory article about her and wants N500 million as compensation. But the letter was served on August 14th with Citizen Jalingo given two weeks to delete the article and comply, or else redress will be sought in court.
At about two hours, seven minutes after storming Jalingo’s Lagos residence (6:07 PM), there were attempts to abduct CrossRiverWatch staff in Calabar. A staff member was chased by a dark-grey-colored Toyota Corolla with heavily tinted glass back into the office.
After hovering around for about an hour and failing to get staff to open the gate, they left.