The case, marked FHC/L/1904, was filed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria against Olayinka Gafar Oladeji, Ajibade Olufemi Adeyemi, Olatoye Jimoh Bamidele, Oluwasegun Oluwasanmi and Okewale Akintunde Oluleke.

Alpha-Beta Consulting LLP, a firm long linked to President Bola Tinubu, has initiated criminal proceedings against five of its former employees, including the Media Officer of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Lagos Branch, Segun Oluwasanmi.

The five are being prosecuted by the Federal Government of Nigeria, acting on behalf of Alpha-Beta, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged cybercrime offences linked to SaharaReporters' publications on corruption allegations involving some officials of the company.

The case, marked FHC/L/1904, was instituted by the Federal Republic of Nigeria against Olayinka Gafar Oladeji, Ajibade Olufemi Adeyemi, Olatoye Jimoh Bamidele, Oluwasegun Oluwasanmi and Okewale Akintunde Oluleke.

The defendants are facing five counts bordering on alleged conspiracy, cyberbullying, transmission of threatening messages, dissemination of online publications, and the alleged creation of an anonymous Gmail account in connection with reports concerning Alpha-Beta Consulting LLP and its Group Managing Director.