The Inspector General of Police is set to arraign former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim and one Chinedu Okpareke at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, for alleged circulation of nude pictures.
The two suspects are expected to be arraigned before the court presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on February 15, 2021.
The defendants are also alleged to have threatened and harrassed one Mrs Chinyere Amuchinwa.
Okpareke was earlier arrested in connection with the offence and was detained at the Suleja Correctional Centre and later released upon meeting his bail conditions.
According to the charge number FHC/ABJ/CS/287/2020, the two accused persons were said to have threatened to release a nude photograph of Amuchienwa, if she failed to drop the charges of attempted kidnap against them.
In the five-count charge dated November 25, 2020, and signed by M.O. Omosun Esq., the police alleged that both Ohakim and his accomplice knowingly and intentionally transmitted communication through a computer system or network to harass and bully Amuchienwa.
According to the charge, the offence was punishable under Section 24(1)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2015.
A prosecutor from the Nigeria Police, Stanley Nwodo, is expected to take over the case when the arraignment comes up on February 15.
Some of the charges read: ”That you Chinendu Okpareke ‘m’ 49, and Dr Ikedi Ohakim ‘m’ and others now at large on the 13th day of August 2020 within the jurisdiction of this court did conspire among yourselves by knowingly and intentionally send messages by means of computer system or network in a grossly offensive, pornographic, nude of an indecent obscene and menacing character of one Chinyere Amuchienwa ‘f’ and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 27 (1)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2015.
”That you Chinendu Okpareke ‘m’ 49, and Dr Ikedi Ohakim ‘m’ and others now at large on the 13th day of August 2020 within the jurisdiction of this court did conspire among yourselves to cause annoyance and criminal intimidation to one Chinyere Amuchienwa ‘f’ and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 27 (1)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2015.
”That you Chinendu Okpareke ‘m’ 49, and Dr Ikedi Ohakim ‘m’ and others now at large on the 13th day of August 2020 within the jurisdiction of this court did conspire among yourselves by knowingly and intentionally called and threatened one Chinyere Amuchienwa ‘f’ that if she does not drop the First Information charge of attempted kidnap against by it and others at large, the nude pictures of the said Chinyere Amuchienwa ‘f’ will be posted to CNN and all over the world and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 24 (1)(a) of the Cybercrime Act 2015.”
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