A Lagos socialite and blogger, Dorcas Adeyinka, has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force. Adeyinka was on Sunday, declared wanted for alleged cyber-stalking, abduction and murder, among others.
According to the Lagos State Police Command, members of the public are urged to “arrest and hand over the suspect to the nearest police station. Or to the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.”
For easy identification, the Command described Adeyinka as a married female Yoruba blogger from Ekiti State.
“She is said to be approximately 1.64m tall with an oval face, tribal marks, pointed nose and wide mouth. Other identification marks are full and white dentition, and light-skinned with black eyes.
The police added that she lives in the United Kingdom, and frequently visits Ikeja, Ogudu and Fagba in Lagos State. She also visits Otta and Sango in Ogun State.
PUNCH Online had earlier reported that a Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, summoned two social media users for defaming Adeyinka by allegedly sharing her nude photo online.
In the court summons dated Thursday, May 9, 2024, which was obtained by PUNCH Online, Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the two defendants – Tolulope Adeoye aka Abike Jagaban, and Tolulope Odegbami aka Olowosibi – to appear in persons before the court on June 4, 2024. They are to answer the charges levelled against them by the complainant.
“The summons followed a criminal complaint filed by the complainant’s lawyers led by Pelumi Olajengbesi of an Abuja-based law firm, Law Corridor.
“The socialite accused the defendants of sharing her nude photo on social media and ridiculing her,” PUNCH Online stated.
“On March 5, 2022, Abike Jagaban shared the complainant’s nude pictures on YouTube, directing her followers to different online platforms where the complainant’s pictures were/are shared and ridiculed the complainant in the process.
“The video was captioned, ‘Abike Jagaban on Dorcas Adeyinka, aka TMS Blog.’ These actions have exposed the complainant to contempt, hatred and detestation. As some people can be seen making disparaging remarks against the person of the complainant in the comment section of the above-referenced post. Abike Jagaban has also bullied the complainant in another video titled, ‘How Abike Jagaban bullied Dorcas Adeyinka,” among others,” PUNCH Online quoted.
“The complainant told the court that the alleged actions of the defendants constituted criminal defamation and contravened Section 391 of the Penal Code.
Meanwhile, in suit number CR/93/2024 with motion number MN/140/2024, Magistrate Iyanna ordered the complainant to serve the defendants with the criminal summons. Also to be served are all other subsequent processes of the court via their social media handles. Or pages @Tolulope Omolara Ghaba (Facebook) and @Princess Tolulope Ajike Olowosibi (Facebook).
The magistrate adjourned the matter till June 4, 2024. He ordered that the two defendants be present in court on the said date.
source: PUNCH