By The daily torch media
A UK-based blogger, Maureen Badejo, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos after the Federal High Court revoked the bail earlier granted to her over alleged cyberstalking and defamation.
Justice Aluko gave the order on March 6, 2026, during proceedings at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, following her formal arraignment on a four-count charge.
The charges were instituted after a petition filed by Johnson Suleiman, founder of Omega Fire Ministries, who alleged that the blogger conducted a sustained online campaign aimed at damaging the reputation of certain religious leaders through publications on social media.
According to the charge sheet dated February 25, 2026, Badejo and other persons still at large allegedly used a podcast broadcast on her GIO TV Media platform via Facebook to circulate defamatory content about a cleric.
The prosecution told the court that the publications targeted Pastor Ajose Sola, a regional pastor of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) in the Igando area of Lagos, making several claims the police described as false and capable of causing public unrest.
One of the charges alleged that Badejo claimed in a podcast that the cleric was involved in diabolical practices and had engaged individuals to carry out spiritual sacrifices on his behalf.
Another count accused the blogger of publishing claims that the pastor had an inappropriate relationship with the wife of a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) who lived within the same residential estate.
The prosecution further alleged that Badejo made sensational statements accusing the pastor of burying sacrificial animals behind his residence and using occult practices to control members of his congregation.
In a separate publication cited by investigators, the blogger allegedly questioned the pastor’s spiritual practices and suggested that rituals and “black medicine” were being used while church members were sold so-called “manna water.”
Police prosecutors maintained that the publications were knowingly false and capable of provoking public disorder, thereby violating provisions of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, as amended in 2024.
Specifically, the offences were said to contravene Section 24(1)(b) and are punishable under Section 24(2)(ii) of the law, which criminalises the intentional dissemination of false information capable of threatening public safety or disturbing law and order.
Following her arraignment, Justice Aluko ordered that Badejo be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending further hearing and adjourned the matter until March 16, 2026.
The case adds to a string of legal challenges previously faced by the blogger in relation to alleged defamatory publications concerning church leaders.
In January 2026, the UK High Court of Appeal upheld an earlier judgment ordering Badejo to pay £100,000 in damages to Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Folashade Olukoya, after she lost a defamation suit over online publications.
The court had earlier directed her to pay £65,000 to Dr. Olukoya and £35,000 to his wife, and to publicly retract the statements on her social media platforms.
Legal observers say the Lagos proceedings now represent another major test of Nigeria’s cybercrime laws as authorities continue efforts to address online defamation and the misuse of digital media platforms.
The matter is expected to resume before the Federal High Court on March 16, when the prosecution is expected to begin presenting its case.
