BREAKING: Nigerian High Court Strikes Out Two Cybercrime Charges Against Social Media Influencer, Ijele; Nullifies Stringent Bail Conditions

 

BREAKING: Nigerian High Court Strikes Out Two Cybercrime Charges Against Social Media Influencer, Ijele; Nullifies Stringent Bail Conditions

A Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out two of the three counts of cybercrime charges brought against social media blogger, Mr. Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, popularly known as Ijele.

In a ruling delivered on Friday, the court also nullified the initial stringent bail conditions that had kept Ijele in prison.

Legal luminary, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), had filed a preliminary objection challenging the validity of his trial for alleged cybercrime offences. The charges were brought against him by the police on behalf of Evangelist Ebuka Obi, the leader of the Zion Prayer Ministry Movement Outreach.

The court also ordered the correctional service to immediately release his medical records to his lawyers.