Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist, has been remanded in Kuje prison from Monday till Thursday.
Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar, a judge in the Federal High Court in Abuja, remanded Jalingo to Kuje prison for cybercrime.
According to Politics Nigeria, Justice Abubakar allegedly denied Jalingo’s lawyers the opportunity to move a motion for bail after he was arraigned for cyberstalking.
Jalingo was accused of defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade, who is a brother of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade. He was remanded to Kuje prison until Thursday.
Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on August 22, 2019, over a report alleging that Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, diverted N500 million belonging to the state.