Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a blogger, Adewale Ajimisogbe, for cyberbullying and libelling the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr Daniel Olukoya.
Ajimisogbe pleaded guilty to the charges following a plea bargain agreement he entered into with the police.
He, along with a former MFM member, Ayotunde Richards, was arraigned before the court on March 20, 2024, over a 12-count charge of conspiracy, cyberbullying, and libel.
As part of the plea bargain arrangement, he agreed to issue a public apology, publish a formal retraction, and forfeit N50,000 to the federal government after pleading guilty to all the charges.
The prosecutor, the counsel for the second defendant, Ademola Adewale, and the lawyer representing the nominal complainant, A. Adegboye, did not oppose the application.
The matter was adjourned to June 3, 2025 for the trial of the second defendant.
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