According to a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State, a TikToker has been convicted and sentenced to three years improvement
The TiKTok user identified as Nwakaego Okoye was sentence to prison for defaming Nollywood, Eniola Badmus.
Nwakaego Okoye was convicted on Wednesday, April 3, after she pleaded guilty to the charge brought against her.
She confessed to have defamed actress Eníola Badmus because a friend, Fortune Ibe, promised to pay her N200,000 to do so.
However, for being remorseful, Justice Oweibo gave her the option to pay the fine of N150,000 in lieu of jail time, saying that her action contravened Sections 24(1)(b)(2)(a)(c) and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
It was learnt that Nwakaego and one Chimabia who is now at large were jointly charged for the offence.
Meanwhile, in 2023, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court had declared Section 24 of Nigeria’s Cybercrime Act vague, arbitrary and unlawful.
