A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) official who accused Hope
Uzodinma, governor of Imo state, of “secretly approving rural grazing reserves
for herdsmen”, has been charged with terrorism,
according to PUNCH.
Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, director general of the new media centre
of the opposition party, made the allegation in a Facebook post.
Subsequently, the Imo state government arraigned him in
court. The charge sheet marked 0W/217c/2020, stated that Nwaogwugwu, 29,
accused the governor of constructing a rural grazing area for herdsmen in the
state.
Nwaogwugwu allegedly accused the governor of having plans to
rename Imo State University (IMSU), after Abba Kyari, former chief of staff to
the president who died from COVID-19 complications.
The governor has since denied the allegation.
It was also alleged that Nwaogwugwu had accused Uzodinma of
planning to divert N5.2 billion meant for pensioners in the state.
He was said to have posted all these accusations against the
governor on Facebook between March and May 2020.
Nwaogwugwu was arrested and taken into custody by the
Department of State Services on May 28, 2020.
On Friday, the defendant was arraigned on a four-count
charge bordering on terrorism, cyberbullying, defamation, and attempting to
incite citizens against the governor.
Part of the charges read: “That you, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, on
April 20, 2020, in Owerri, within the jurisdiction of this court, knowingly and
intentionally posted on your Facebook wall through a computer network that
governor Hope Uzodinma is to rename Imo state university to Abba Kyari
university for helping him out in the supreme Court, which you know to be false
for the purpose of causing annoyance, insult, injury, hatred, ill will and
needless anxiety to the governor and thereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 24 (1)(a)(b) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition etc) Act 2015.
“That you, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, on March 23, 2020, in Owerri,
within the jurisdiction of this court, knowingly published on your Facebook
page that governor Hope Uzodinma has inaugurated an undercover RUGA
commissioner and has made available a large expanse of land for the takeoff of
the RUGA project in Ngor Okpala which act is deliberately done with malice and
which is seriously intended to intimidate Imo population and thereby committed
an offence contrary to Section 1(2)(b)(II) of Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011.”
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