The Osun State Police Command yesterday arraigned a 48-year-old man, Joshua Sayo Oki, before a magistrate court in Osogbo, the state capital, over his Facebook post that allegedly embarrassed the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye.
The prosecutor, Mr Boo Nweke, told the court that Oki committed the offence on June 19, 2020 in Osogbo.
Nweke alleged that the accused person defamed Owoeye by publishing contemptuous pictures and words on his Facebook account, Sayo Oki.
The prosecutor said the information the defendant posted was false and contrary to Section 374(1)b & 374, punishable under Section 375 of the Criminal Code Cap 34, Vol. 2 Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.
Oki pleaded not guilty to the offence levelled against him and his counsel, Ibraheem Imran, applied for his bail.
The magistrate, Modupe Awodele, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000, with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case till July 14, 2020.
