The Imo State politician who accused the state government of secretly approving rural grazing reserve for herdsmen has been charged with terrorism.
According to Punch reports, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, 29, made several allegations against the governor Hope Uzodinma on his Facebook post.
Nwaogwugwu is the Director-General of the new media centre of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
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The opposition member also accused Uzodinma of allegedly panning to rename the Imo State University (IMSU) after Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The DG had reportedly claimed that the Imo governor was planning to divert N5.2 billion meant for pensioners in the state.
Uzodinma denied all the allegations which were posted on the accuser’s Facebook wall between March and May 2020.
Subsequently, the Imo state government arraigned him in court. The charge sheet marked 0W/217c/2020, stated that Nwaogwugwu, 29, accused the governor of constructing a rural grazing area for herdsmen in the state.
The Department of State Services arrested Nwaogwugwu on May 28, 2020, thereafter, charged him on Friday on a four-count charge.
The charges are bordering on cyberbullying, attempting to incite citizens against the governor, terrorism and defamation.
The charges read: “That you, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, on April 20, 2020, in Owerri, within the jurisdiction of this court, knowingly and intentionally posted on your Facebook wall through a computer network that governor Hope Uzodinma is to rename Imo state university to Abba Kyari university for helping him out in the supreme Court, which you know to be false for the purpose of causing annoyance, insult, injury, hatred, ill will and needless anxiety to the governor and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 24 (1)(a)(b) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition etc) Act 2015.
“That you, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, on March 23, 2020, in Owerri, within the jurisdiction of this court, knowingly published on your Facebook page that governor Hope Uzodinma has inaugurated an undercover RUGA commissioner and has made available a large expanse of land for the takeoff of the RUGA project in Ngor Okpala which act is deliberately done with malice and which is seriously intended to intimidate Imo population and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2)(b)(II) of Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011.”
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