Two men dragged to court for defaming Moniepoint

By Taiye Agbaje

Two Nigerians identified as Adebayo Aliu and Fatuntele Tunde has been dragged to court by the police for allegedly running a defamation campaign against Microfinance company, Moniepoint.

The Inspector-General (I-G) of Police in the charge filed before Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court in Abuja, preferred a seven-count bordering on cyberstalking against the defendants.

The criminal charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/122/2026 was filed by Anthony Egwu, a police officer.

In count one, Aliu and Tunde were alleged to have, sometime in January 2026, conspired, aided and abetted each other to cyberstalk Moniepoint Microfinance Bank by creating a fraudulent platform to solicit online tumultuous engagement.

They were alleged to have promised the sum of N500,000 to unsuspecting victim who would comment with the phrase “Moniepoint Scandal” and share any imaginary scandalous experience regarding Moniepoint MFB, for the purpose of causing a breakdown of law and order.

The police said the offence is contrary to Section 27(2)(b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015 (as amended) in 2024 and punishable under Section 24(1)(b) of the same Act.

However, the arraignment of the two defendants scheduled for Tuesday could not proceed due to the absence of the defendants and their lawyers in court.

Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia consequently adjourned the matter until April 27 for arraignment.