Sowore Condemns Police Action Against Actress Doris Ogala

Doris Ogala, a Nollywood actress and the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress in Abia State, was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the hearing of her bail application. She was arraigned on three counts by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation before Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos.

The charges include cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and attempted extortion of Pastor Chris Okafor, specifically related to the publication of intimate photographs, dissemination of allegedly false electronic messages, and threats against the cleric. Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore responded on Facebook, condemning the police for allegedly weaponizing the Cybercrimes Act to protect influential figures and questioning the appropriateness of the case being brought before a Federal High Court judge.

Sowore emphasized the need for Ogala to receive due process and fair hearing, urging the police to refrain from criminalizing private disputes.