A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday ordered the remand of a TikTok content creator, Mr. Emmanuel Ajibade, at the Olokuta Correctional Centre for allegedly defaming a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer.
Ajibade, who was brought before the court by the police, was accused of committing the offence on April 24, 2025.
According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Taiwo Oniyere, the incident took place at the Higher Height Area of Orita Obele in Akure.
He told the court that the defendant, along with others still at large, conspired to commit cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and defamation.
Oniyere alleged that Ajibade used his TikTok handle, checkers69, 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 the state,” the prosecutor said.
He noted that the alleged offences contravene Section 27(b) and Section 24(b) of the Cyber Crime (Provision and Prevention) Act, 2015.
As part of his submission, Oniyere urged the court to remand the defendant to allow for further investigation.
Responding on behalf of the defendant, his counsel, A.F. Awala, pleaded with the court to give him time to file a counter-affidavit in response to the application made by the prosecutor.
In her ruling, Chief Magistrate Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi acknowledged that both parties had filed and argued their affidavits.
“I have listened to the affidavit and counter-affidavit of both the prosecution and the defence counsel,” she said.
“I, hereby, order the remand of the defendant in Olokuta Correctional Centre, pending the legal advice from the DPP,” the magistrate declared.
Ajibade is to remain in custody until June 27, 2025, as the court awaits formal legal guidance from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
