Akanji Kofoworola, 37, has been charged in a Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly using her Facebook account to publish, disseminate, or project articles and obscene content against Nollywood actress and businesswoman Lizzy Anjorin. Kofoworola was brought before Magistrate Wahab Balogun by Zone Police Command operatives in Onikan, Lagos.
She was charged with three counts: conspiracy, disseminating fake news, and slander. The prosecution, Haruna Ibrahim, informed the court that the defendant and other bloggers who are still at large committed the offenses in Lagos between 2023 and the present.
According to the prosecution, the acts violated sections 39, 57, and 150 of the Lagos State Criminal Laws 2015. And penalized by the same laws.
The charges against the defendants read: “That you Akanji Kofoworola ‘F’ and other bloggers at large, from 2023 till date, somewhere in Lagos State in the Lagos State magisterial district did unlawfully publish, statements, rumour about one Lizzy Anjorin on Facebook, a platform on social media, knowing, or having reason to believe that such statements, rumour and report are false thereby committed an offence punishable under section 39 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
The defendant, after the charges were read to her, pleaded not guilty.
Following her not guilty plea, the prosecutor, prayed the court to remand her pending the determination of the charge.
But the defendant’s lawyer, orally applied for her bail application, on the the ground that the charges were bailable one.
The trial Magistrate after listening to the lawyer’s submission, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000, with two sureties in like sum and some other conditions.
Meanwhile, trial in the matter has been adjourned to August 21, 2025.
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