Nigerian blogger and owner of Secrets Reporters, Tega Oghenedoro aka Fejiro Oliver has been remanded in Ikoyi prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday 28th April, 2017 and a former staff in the Customer Care Department of Sterling Bank-turned whistle-blower, Mr. Dennis Ukpabi.
They were sent to prison for articles published online about an alleged fraud at the Corporate Headquarters of Sterling bank between 2014 and 2015. Justice Mohammed Idris, presiding, remanded both men after the Nigeria Police Force arraigned them on a five-count charge bothering on alleged acts of “Cyber Stalking” punishable under the provisions of Section 24 of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition and Prevention, etc.) Act 2015.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges after which the prosecuting counsel who is also a Superintendent of Police, Mr. J. Oloruntoba, asked the court to remand them in prison custody.