An online reporter, Desmond Ike Chima, 29, has been
arraigned before a Lagos State magistrates’ court for allegedly publishing an
article deemed to be obscene against Mr. Phillips Oduoza, the
Managing Director
of UBA Plc.
Operatives of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department,
FCID, Annex, Lagos, arrested and arraigned the accused before an Igbosere
magistrates’ court on a five-count charge of felony to wit: publishing obscene
article against Mr. Phillips Oduoza.
Police prosecutor, ASP Henry Obiazi, informed the court in
charge No. A/30/2015 that the accused and others now at large committed the
offence in March 2015 at Ojodu, Ikeja, Lagos, western Nigeria.
Obiazi told the court that the accused published an obscene
article against the complainant, Mr. Philips Oduoza, titled:
"RANDY UBA MD,
PHILLIPS ODUOZA IN ADULTERY MESS, ROMANCES STAR ACTRESS, GENEVIEVE NNAJI."
He said the accused, with intent to extort or gain anything,
accused Mr. Phillips Oduoza of using his company, Afriland Properties, to
defraud the management of UBA Plc.
Count 4 of the charge reads: “That you Desmond Ike Chima and
others still at large at the said date and place did publish or distribute an
article deemed to be obscene against Phillips Oduoza entitled:
"RANDY UBA PLC
MD, PHILLIPS ODUOZA’S WIFE TO DIVORCE HIM OVER AFFAIR WITH ACTRESS GENEVIEVE
NNAJI.”
Obiazi noted that the offences the accused committed are
punishable under section 409, 150(1) and 301(1) of the criminal laws of Lagos
State, 2011.
The accused however denied the police allegation in the open
court and magistrate Mrs. O. M. Ajayi admitted the accused to bail in the sum
of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Ajayi adjourned the case till 30 October, 2015 for mention.
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