A 40-year-old Facebook user, Idongesit Ezekiel Idiok, is currently cooling off at the Ikot Ekpene Correctional Centre for defamation against the character of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State.
Ini-Ifiok Isong, of the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Uyo had ordered that Idiok, popularly known as “Soundcraft” be remanded in prison pending the advice of the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in a charge of Cybercrime leveled against him by the Police.
The Court order followed a petition to the Police over a case of criminal defamation of the character of the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel by Idiok.
The accused person had made a Facebook post on 16th March, 2022, alleging that the State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel is having an affair with one of his female cabinet members.
