Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded the gubernatorial candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) for Abia State, Doris Ogala, within the custody of the Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending the listening to of her bail software over the alleged cyberstalking, cyberbullying and tried extortion of Pastor Chris Okafor.
Justice Aluko ordered that the Nollywood actress be stored behind bars after she was arraigned earlier than him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on a Four-count cost underneath the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, and so on.) Amendment Act 2024.
The prosecutor, Tolulope Mokolu, informed the decide that Ogala allegedly printed nude and intimate images of Okafor on her social media accounts with out his consent, figuring out that the photographs may trigger him embarrassment, emotional misery and reputational harm.
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Mokolu additionally accused the defendant of publishing and disseminating movies, recordings and digital messages containing info allegedly identified to be false and calculated to bully, threaten, intimidate or harass the pastor.
In the third depend, the prosecution alleged that Ogala threatened to proceed publishing menacing and intimate materials about Okafor except he compensated her or purchased her a home.
The prosecution stated the alleged conduct, which occurred between September 2024 and March 2026, contravened provisions of Section 24 of the Cybercrimes Act, as amended in 2024.
The defendant, nonetheless, pleaded not responsible to the cost.
After her plea, the prosecutor requested the courtroom to remand the defendant and adjourn the trial.
She additionally sought time to answer her bail software.
However, the defence counsel, Nathan Atulomah, urged the courtroom to launch Ogala, arguing that the granting of bail was on the courtroom’s discretion.
He undertook to supply her when required and informed the courtroom she was a governorship candidate for a political get together in Abia State.
Atulomah additionally tried to elucidate that the allegations arose from a failed romantic relationship between the actress and the pastor.
Justice Aluko, nonetheless, interrupted the submission, saying the reason was pointless at that stage as a result of the courtroom was contemplating a bail software.
The prosecutor opposed the defence’s request for Ogala’s launch, insisting that the prosecution was nonetheless inside the time allowed to answer the bail software.
In his ruling, Justice Aluko held that the defence had not positioned ample materials earlier than the courtroom to justify granting its request for the defendant’s instant launch.
The decide ordered Ogala’s remand at a correctional centre and directed that the bail software be heard expeditiously.
He adjourned the matter till 30 October 2026 for the listening to of the applying.
Drama, nonetheless, unfolded within the courtroom after the ruling when Ogala insisted on addressing the courtroom regardless of makes an attempt by her lawyer and others to influence her to stay calm.
The actress reportedly shouted that she was being oppressed via using authorities energy, repeatedly insisting, “I must talk. This is Nigeria.”
As the commotion escalated and have become tough to regulate, Justice Aluko rose for the day.
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