₦airaland Forum

pongwa:
Defamation is a serious offence and should be "re-criminalised" with severe penalties. You need to understand the damages libel can cause to people. The saying 'he who alleges must be able to prove" should stand please

advanceDNA:
Yes...it can cause damages to reputation and perhaps financial loss...
However you said...i said ..i don't like what you said is not a criminal offence.....Nigerians that have power just kept that law to oppress masses so they dont speak..
..it's a civil issue that should at best attract financial penalties....i hope u are aware that the plaintiff also has to prove in court how the words of the defendant has caused them damages they are trying to claim.......or u think just because the claim is not true is enough to make the defendant to pay or go to jail??

It's a civil suit in sane countries which can lead to some jail term

Godwin4444:
I have always known u to b unintelligent

So u want us to decriminise libel so ipob can have a field day saying anything they want about anybody right?

Guy if u accuse or allege then get ready to prove it

gidgiddy:
Defamation, also known as slander or libel, has to be decriminalised. Defamation should be a purely civil matter. Most of the major countries of the world no longer have criminal defamation, they have civil defamation.

The big issue with having criminal defamation is that it is now being used by people in 'high places' to intimidate, harass abd subjugate less fortunate people.

Examples are ERISCO and Chioma, Burna Boy and speed Darlington, Afe Babaloa and Dele Farotimi

In these cases, the complainant will write petition, claiming someone made a false presentation. Before you know it, the accused will be arrested, wisked away to another part of the country, clamped in detention for weeks or even months, even before they are charged to court.

The police should not be part of 'he said-she said', arresting people and clamping them in detention over what they said.

If you feel someone has defamed you, sue them to court and claim damages, it should not be a Police matter, nor a criminal matter

Godwin4444:
I have always known u to b unintelligent

So u want us to decriminise libel so ipob can have a field day saying anything they want about anybody right?

Guy if u accuse or allege then get ready to prove it

FreeStuffsNG:
Please stop misinforming the public. Defamation is a serious crime everywhere in the world!

obiekunie01:
WHAT GOES AROUND. COMES AROUND.

gidgiddy:
Defamation, also known as slander or libel, has to be decriminalised. Defamation should be a purely civil matter. Most of the major countries of the world no longer have criminal defamation, they have civil defamation.

Godwin4444:
I have always known u to b unintelligent

So u want us to decriminise libel so ipob can have a field day saying anything they want about anybody right?

Guy if u accuse or allege then get ready to prove it

DesChyko:
Defamation is never a criminal offence in the sane world; and it becomes defamation if proven to be untrue. It's a person's reputation that's affected and that doesn't make it a felony. How in the world that is criminal at the slightest whim is just plain stupid.

It's in Nigeria where things are upside down that defamation is a criminal offence, and the accused is kidnapped before being found guilty, whisked down to an employer's backyard just because the employer can afford to pay, and all manner of malpractice take place in the courts.

Hell, US FBI track down high profile criminals and solve issues of national security while Nigerian DSS go after tailors who fail to deliver client clothes on time, and go after booksellers selling books they are paid not to like.🤷🏾‍♂️

Very anyhow country.

lailo:
Corruption does not also attract death penalty in Nigeria and other countries but in some Asian countries like the Almighty China, it is death penalty. So shut the fvck and allow Nigeria deal with our peculiar problem the way we want it.

pongwa:
Defamation is a serious offence and should be "re-criminalised" with severe penalties. You need to understand the damages libel can cause to people. The saying 'he who alleges must be able to prove" should stand please

lailo:
Corruption does not also attract death penalty in Nigeria and other countries but in some Asian countries like the Almighty China, it is death penalty. So shut the fvck and allow Nigeria deal with our peculiar problem the way we want it.

pongwa:
Defamation is a serious offence and should be "re-criminalised" with severe penalties. You need to understand the damages libel can cause to people. The saying 'he who alleges must be able to prove" should stand please

QuotaSystem:
The only people that have an issue against criminal defamation, are the serial defamers in our social media space, and those that only have the production and spread of wicked & deliberate lies and propaganda, as their only political tool/weapon with which they confront opponents.

That’s why the current reality that any criminal defamer that deliberately publishes lies & propaganda to defame opponents can be promptly thrown in jail, is like hot Moruga pepper in their eyes, giving them migraine headaches & sleepless nights.

Otherwise why should anyone be scared and running in circles because of the law of criminal defamation? If you have an allegation against anyone, AS LONG AS YOU CAN PROVE IT, then go right ahead and say or publish it. Anyone that dares to challenge you will not only lose shamefully to your evidence in court, but will be exposed to further ridicule with the presentation of your evidence.

Angelfrost:
That's why you sue and get the person to pay dearly for damages or face prison in lieu of.

A civil issue doesn't become criminal because you feel hard done by.

A criminal matter is a criminal matter.

Let's talk like people that went to school.

gidgiddy:
Defamation, also known as slander or libel, has to be decriminalised. Defamation should be a purely civil matter. Most of the major countries of the world no longer have criminal defamation, they have civil defamation.

The big issue with having criminal defamation is that it is now being used by people in 'high places' to intimidate, harass abd subjugate less fortunate people.

Examples are ERISCO and Chioma, Burna Boy and speed Darlington, Afe Babaloa and Dele Farotimi

In these cases, the complainant will write petition, claiming someone made a false presentation. Before you know it, the accused will be arrested, wisked away to another part of the country, clamped in detention for weeks or even months, even before they are charged to court.

The police should not be part of 'he said-she said', arresting people and clamping them in detention over what they said.

If you feel someone has defamed you, sue them to court and claim damages, it should not be a Police matter, nor a criminal matter

gidgiddy:
Defamation, also known as slander or libel, has to be decriminalised. Defamation should be a purely civil matter. Most of the major countries of the world no longer have criminal defamation, they have civil defamation.

The big issue with having criminal defamation is that it is now being used by people in 'high places' to intimidate, harass abd subjugate less fortunate people.

Examples are ERISCO and Chioma, Burna Boy and speed Darlington, Afe Babaloa and Dele Farotimi

In these cases, the complainant will write petition, claiming someone made a false presentation. Before you know it, the accused will be arrested, wisked away to another part of the country, clamped in detention for weeks or even months, even before they are charged to court.

The police should not be part of 'he said-she said', arresting people and clamping them in detention over what they said.

If you feel someone has defamed you, sue them to court and claim damages, it should not be a Police matter, nor a criminal matter

Godwin4444:
I have always known u to b unintelligent

So u want us to decriminise libel so ipob can have a field day saying anything they want about anybody right?

Guy if u accuse or allege then get ready to prove it

Strictlygreen:
You have your Biafra. You can do whatever you like with your constitution.