The police in Ebonyi State have detained a journalist, Godfrey Chikwere over his Facebook posts criticising the government and the Nigerian Army.
Chikwere was arrested by the police during the weekend following a petition by the government accusing him of “hate speech, incisive publication and cyberbullying.”
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According to a petition written by the Ebonyi State Government to the Nigerian Police :
“I write to inform your esteemed office as follows: That on the 8th day of October, 2021 at about 14:44 hours, one Godfrey Chikwere with phone number 080615707** did publish fake news and incisive post in Facebook profile called Godfrey Chikwere and other media platforms and stated as follows: Nigerian Army is seriously and willingly losing respect.
“That on the same 8th of October, 2021, Godfrey Chikwere in the Facebook profile made a dangerous and disturbing publication and stated as follows: ‘They (politicians) can pay a youth to murder a perceived political enemy but they can’t give such youth money to start a business.’’
“That this false, fake and incisive publication is intended to cause fear, cyberbullying, riot crisis and breach of the peace in the state,” a petition signed by Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information, Orji Uchenna Orji to the police commissioner read.
Meanwhile, some aggrieved youths and activists in the state are organising a protest to demand the freedom of Chikwere.
