The police on Thursday arraigned a company’s secretary, Elizabeth Ukeugbo, at a Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, for allegedly tagging her employer `a debtor’ on social media.

Ukeugbo, who resides in Kado, Life Camp, Abuja, is facing a one-count charge of defamation of character.

The Prosecution Counsel, Fidelis Ogbobe, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Aug. 16.

Ogbobe alleged that the complainant, Emmanuel Chucks, said the defendant uploaded his pictures on different social media platforms and tagged him a debtor, who could not pay salary.

Ogbobe further alleged that the pictures and comment went viral, defaming the complainant’s character and affecting his business and personality negatively.

He said that the defendant admitted committing the offence during the police investigation.

He said that the offence contravened the provisions of Sec. 392 of the Penal Code.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Magistrate, Linda Chidama, admitted the defendant to N200,000 bail with one surety in like sum.

Chimada adjourned the case to Sept. 3 for hearing.

See more; http://gistmore.com/police-arraign-companys-secretary-for-calling-her-boss-debtor-on-social-media

Yawa dey o

Lol

Mad woman......see your life!

Okay o

Imagine

Naija sha... to be poor na crime for we country!

She actually forgot the boss knows her original identity

This is not a sane territory... Labour laws Don go bananas since the days of Lord Luggard..

But the guy na debtor na.

It’s LadyF again

2 bad

He might gone in between the legs.

Hmmm...

Just how I was saying in another post how hurriedly courts dispense justice for minor cases involving poor people but find it incredibly hard to give same to rich folks.

Wiseandtrue:
Is he a debtor or not Was he owing her or not

The Nigerian police has arrested the wrong person! The lady wants her money and the boss should pay ASAP not the other way round!!!

Issues like this is what the NLC needs to take up!!!

Many bosses are guilty of this! Someone needs to be made a scape goat!!!

What do you think

You don't solve one crime with another crime.

200k bail on top how much salary.... Nigeria system is dead

one of my friend in Nigeria worked for one DIADEM PHARMACY AND SUPERMARKET IBADAN, They did same to her, we just have to move on. Life is unfair

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Wiseandtrue:
Is he a debtor or not Was he owing her or not

The Nigerian police has arrested the wrong person! The lady wants her money and the boss should pay ASAP not the other way round!!!

Issues like this is what the NLC needs to take up!!!

Many bosses are guilty of this! Someone needs to be made a scape goat!!!

Seun
Lala
Mynd44

What do you think

Calling your boss a debtor publicly without any legal verifiable proof can damage his businesses and affect his ratings which might in turn scare customers and so forth. What I understand is that Nigerians mostly don't understand the legal implications of their actions. A banker calling his CEO a debtor is not same as calling a fish seller debtor. Formal & Informal.

He said that the defendant admitted committing the offence during the police investigation.

here she admitted committing the crime.

[The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

here she pleaded not guilty. She wants to waste the time of the court. This will cost her more.

Nigerian Police is a business organization...ready to provide services for customers that are ready to pay

She agreed to police that she did it, if not, some ppl can claim their account was hacked. Or she use a public network to open another account, and defame. To defame is punishable under law in penal code, under cyber crime again.

the woman sef no soji, instead make e carry the man computer go sell e dey waste e data dey do social media campaign

AIT should also come and arrest me. nonsense

friendlyadvice:
the woman sef no soji, instead make e carry the man computer go sell e dey waste e data dey do social media campaign

Friendly Advice Indeed!

Wiseandtrue:
Is he a debtor or not Was he owing her or not

The Nigerian police has arrested the wrong person! The lady wants her money and the boss should pay ASAP not the other way round!!!

Issues like this is what the NLC needs to take up!!!

Many bosses are guilty of this! Someone needs to be made a scape goat!!!

Seun
Lala
Mynd44

What do you think

As much as boss could be owing the Secretary, there are better ways to go about getting your salary WITHOUT LOSING YOUR JOB.

Now that foolish woman lost her job, need bail money, will surely have to pay a fine for defamation of character (thus will never see her salary)

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Sunofgod:
Mad woman......see your life![s][/s]
You are senseless

you

Wiseandtrue:
Is he a debtor or not Was he owing her or not

The Nigerian police has arrested the wrong person! The lady wants her money and the boss should pay ASAP not the other way round!!!

Issues like this is what the NLC needs to take up!!!

Many bosses are guilty of this! Someone needs to be made a scape goat!!!

Seun
Lala
Mynd44

What do you think

You don't dey run your mouth abi? So owing her was enough to go on social media to defame his character abi? There is no more debt tribunal in the land?