Group Tasks Police to Investigate Omojuwa Over Allegations of Forgery, Links With Ezekwesili
- The Nigeria Police Force has been asked to wade into a controversy involving a social media influencer
- Influential social media activist, Japheth Omojuwa faced heavy backlash recently from Nigerians
- Omojuwa was said to have listed former minister Dr. Oby Ezekwesili as a director in his company without her consent
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A policy advocacy group, Society for Watchdog on Non-Governmental Organization and Good Governance (SWOGG) has called on the police to launch an immediate investigation into an ongoing cyber offence and personality forgery.
According to the group, the allegation indicted a company linked to influential social media activist, Japheth Omojuwa.
The group, in a press statement sent to Legit.ng on Monday, April 12 by its executive director, Bayo Orimolade said that it was wrong of Omojuwa to have listed Dr Oby Ezekwesili as a director in his company, Alpha Reach Limited when the information was false.
Dr. Ezekwesili, a former minister of education and solid minerals, has since denied being a director in the company and asked Alpha Reach to retract the information.
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Part of the statement by the group read:
“This act of forgery and identity theft is a crime against the Nigerian laws and, in this instance has opened a high ranking Nigerian, in the person of Dr. Ezekwesili to public ridicule.
“We ask that the Nigerian police should cast its attention to this developing story and particularly unearth why the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) would register a company with false information and without due diligence.
“It is unfortunate that Mr. Omojuwa's company is mentioned as a crony in an international image laundering campaign in support of an individual under criminal investigation. It is pertinent that we refrain from commenting on this particular allegation until the conclusion of investigations on the matter.
“However, it is our intention to put Nigerians on the alert about the necessity of cross-checking information put out by the so-called social media influential figures.
“Such warning is expedient as the 2023 election cycle is approaching and it is necessary for Nigerians to know that a good number of social media agitators are fronts for politicians, hence the reason why their commentaries should be taken with a pinch of salt.”
Meanwhile, a lot of stakeholders in Nigeria are becoming increasingly skeptical about the possibility of achieving a free, fair, and credible election in 2023 amidst the worsening security situation in the country.
With the current trend of insecurity in the different geo-political zones of the country, there is a general apprehension that things could get worse before the next election.
Legit.ng had previously reported that Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue said the much-talked-about 2023 general elections may never happen.
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Ortom said the election not holding would become the reality in 2023 if nothing is done by the federal government about the menace of insecurity.
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