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    DSS Arraigns Facebook User Over Post That ‘Embarrassed’ Osun Speaker

    • Date of Occurrence
      June 19, 2020
    • State/Country
      Osun State, Nigeria
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    ''The Department of State Service has arraigned a 48-year-old man, Joshua Sayo Oki before a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, the state capital over his Facebook post that was considered embarrassing to the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Timothy Owoeye.

    The Prosecutor, Mr. Boo Nweke told the court that the accused person committed the offense on the 19th of June, 2020 in Osogbo. He explained that the accused person defamed Owoeye by publishing contemptuous pictures and words on his Facebook account, Sayo Oki.

    The prosecutor said the information posted by the accused person was false. The prosecutor stated that the offense committed by the accused person was contrary to Section 374(1)b & 374 and punishable under Section 375 of the Criminal Code Cap 34, Vol. 2 Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002. The accused person pleaded not guilty to the offense leveled against him and his counsel, Ibraheem Imran applied for his bail.''

     

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2020-06-19

    • State/Country

      Osun State, Nigeria

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      https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dss-arraigns-facebook-user-over-post-that-embarrassed-osun-speaker.html

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    • Right to Free Speech
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