Omoyele Stephen Sowore, a Nigerian activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in 2023, has disclosed the information that the police sent him following his efforts to secure the release of FIJ journalist Daniel Ojukwu. The journalist’s arrest for allegedly committing a cybercrime offence is no longer news. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
In a post that Sowore shared on his official X handle on Tuesday, he said when he visited the cybercrime unit of the Nigerian police for the release of the journalist, the policemen claimed not to be aware of the amendment of the Cybercrimes Prohibition Act 2015 that was assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in February 2024.
He said as it stands, the Central Bank of Nigeria ,CBN, is using the newly amended Cybercrimes Prohibition Act of 2015 to rob Nigerians while the Nigeria Police Force is using the old Cybercrimes Prohibition Act as a tool to cage journalists.
Omoyele Stephen Sowore wrote on his page;
“When we visited the Cybercrime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force yesterday to free Daniel Ojukwu, they claimed not to be aware of the amendment of the Cybercrimes Prohibition Act 2015 assented to by Bola Ahmed Tinubu in February 2024”.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
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