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A blogger named Stanley is set to face prosecution for allegedly defaming billionaire businessman Mr. Emeka Okonkwo, also known as E-money, in an online video.
At a press conference on Monday at the command’s Ikeja headquarters, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, a spokesman for the Lagos State Police, made this statement. He said that a crack team of the command had arrested the suspect after looking into a petition that E-Money had filed. The police spokeswoman stressed that the blogger’s acts were criminal and that E-Money was allegedly defamed, not the case’s personalities. This was the reason for the blogger’s prosecution.
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He pleaded with social media users to stop disseminating offensive material and to immediately report instances of defamation to the police so that they can be thoroughly investigated and prosecuted.
He said:
“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”.
The suspect acknowledged during the parade that he had prepared the aforementioned video purely for the purpose of driving more attention to his page and that the claims made regarding E-Money were completely untrue. He stated that his goals were to draw more attention to his web platform rather than damage E-Money’s reputation and expressed sorry for the consequences of his conduct.
He said:
“I did a video about E-Money. I said a lot of things that are not true in that video, that is why the police arrested me.
“I said something regarding a video I saw online about a woman – saying that Sir E-Money is responsible for the things that happened to Nollywood actor John Odonwodo, aka Junior Pope’s case.
“I said something like that, I also said that Sir E-Money was also having an affairs with Junior Pope’s wife. I have never in my life met E-Money. Everything I made in that video was not true.
“I made the video out of trying to boost my page traffic level, I never knew it will go viral the way it went. I don’t have bad intention to tarnish Sir E-Money’s name. I was just making the video, I didn’t know it will go such wide.
“I know the contents of the video were wrong of me to have made. I don’t know the video will escalate to that extent,” he said.
It serves as a reminder that sharing false information online can have serious consequences and that individuals should be mindful of the content they post on social media to avoid causing harm to others.
Blogger Stanley’s trial for allegedly defaming businessman E-Money serves as a sobering reminder of the moral and legal obligations associated with producing digital information. It is impossible to exaggerate how crucial accuracy, decency, and responsibility are as social media continues to influence public conversation. Content producers need to be aware of the possible repercussions of their choices and understand that integrity and the truth should never be sacrificed in the name of popularity. The digital community can guarantee the protection of individuals from defamation and uphold freedom of expression by cultivating a culture of responsible content creation.