Court remands man over alleged defamation of UNIOSUN, VC

A 42-year-old man, Adebisi Benjamin, has been remanded astatine the Ilesa Correctional Centre pursuing his arraignment earlier a Magistrate Court sitting successful Osogbo, Osun State, implicit alleged defamatory societal media publications against Osun State University.

The suspect was arraigned connected Wednesday by the Osun State Police Command connected a four-count complaint bordering connected alleged defamation and related offences.

Police authoritative Elisha Olusegun told the tribunal that the defendant, who operates a Facebook relationship nether the sanction “Benjamin Adebisi,” allegedly published defamatory statements betwixt February 8 and March 2026 crossed assorted societal media platforms.

According to the prosecutor, “the publications were allegedly susceptible of injuring the estimation of the university, its vice-chancellor, Odunayo Clement Adebooye, and a elder academic, Amos Popoola, exposing them to hatred, contempt, and ridicule.”

Elisha further alleged that “the suspect made further posts targeting Professor Popoola, including statements suggesting questionable nonrecreational conduct.”

He added that the suspect allegedly presented himself arsenic a lecturer of the assemblage successful a mode apt to mislead members of the public.

The authoritative informed the tribunal tha...