Court sends TikToker to prison for cyberbullying FRSC official

A Chief Magistrate sitting in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, has remanded a TikTok content creator, Emmanuel Ajibade, at Olokuta Correctional Centre over alleged cyberbullying of a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official.

The Chief Magistrate, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, ordered the remand of the TikToker on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

Odenusi-Fadeyi said Ajibade should be remanded till June 27, pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Odenusi-Fadeyi said the order was based on her ruling on the application of an affidavit submitted by the prosecution counsel and counter affidavit submitted by the defence counsel.

She stated “I have listened to the affidavit and counter affidavit of both the prosecution and the defence counsel.

“I, hereby, order the remand of the defendant in Olokuta Correctional Centre, pending the legal advice from the DPP.

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“The case is, hereby, adjourned till June 27, 2025, for legal advice.”

Ajibade was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Court on April 24 for allegedly cyberbullying an official of the FRSC.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Taiwo Oniyere, told the court that Ajibade and others at large, committed the offence at the Higher Height Area, Orita Obele in Akure.

Oniyere said the TikToker conspired together with intent to commit felony to wit cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and defamation.

He said the defendant spread falsehoods on his account on TikTok to cause annoyance, inconvenience, danger, insults, and criminal defamation.

“His actions also resulted in intimidation, enmity and hatred, ill will, and needless anxiety for Ibitoye Samuel, an official of FRSC in Ondo State,” the prosecutor said.

He added that the offence was punishable under Section 27(b) and Section 24(b) of the Cyber Crime (Provision and Prevention) Act, 2015, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.

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