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Judge Sends Journalist Agba Jalingo To Kuje Prison For Cybercrime

Judge Sends Journalist Agba Jalingo To Kuje Prison For Cybercrime

Judge Sends Journalist Agba Jalingo To Kuje Prison For Cybercrime

Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Abuja just sent journalist @agbajalingo_ to Kuje prison for “cybercrime” she denied his lawyers the opportunity to move a motion for bail after he was arraigned for cyberstalking.

Agba Jalingo and his @crossriverwatch platform has been a thorn in Governor @senatorbenayade flesh.

Agba spent time in detention in 2019 accused of “treason” simply for publishing exclusives on @senatorbenayade and his corrupt regime. Continue reading

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