The charges were subsequently read in open court, and the defendant pleaded not guilty to all counts.
The Federal High Court in Lagos State on Friday fixed June 19, 2026, for the hearing of a bail application filed by a 19-year-old blogger, Nurenorue Surpruchi, who was also ordered to be remanded in a Correctional Centre over allegations of cyberstalking, conspiracy, bullying and defamation allegedly directed at the Chairman of United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu.
Surpruchi was arraigned before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, cyberstalking, bullying and defamation. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
According to the prosecution, the defendant and others still at large allegedly conspired on April 5, 2026, to use a computer system and network to disseminate false and injurious information against Elumelu.
When the matter came up for arraignment, prosecution counsel, A.G. Obi, from the Directorate of Legal Services, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos, informed the court that the prosecution had filed a four-count charge against the defendant and urged the court to direct that the charges be read to him for plea.
