A Magistrate Court I, sitting at Amawbia near Awka, Anambra State capital, on Monday ordered the remand of a blogger and publisher of Igbo Times Magazine and INews, Ejike Ofoegbu, over allegations bordering on criminal defamation against the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, members of his family, and his son, Ozonna.
The defendant, who is facing a three-count charge of identity theft, defamation and cyber stalking, was ordered to be remanded at the Awka Correctional Centre by Chief Magistrate C.O. Ezekwere, who presided over the matter.
The remand order followed an ex parte application moved by the prosecuting counsel, A.A. Nwanri, in suit No. M/W/3136/2026, seeking an order remanding the defendant at the Awka Correctional Centre, pending the conclusion of police investigations and the transmission of the case file to the Office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for legal advice.
Appearing before the court were A.A. Nwanri for the prosecution, the Chief Security Officer to the Governor, O.K. Nkuma, and Inspector Tochukwu Echemagu of the D-4 Section, State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, in support of the ex parte application for the defendant’s remand.
