A magistrate court in the Yaba area of Lagos State has arraigned a 30-year-old woman named Sunshine Edafe. She was arraigned for defaming one Pascal Offiah on social media.
Her offense reads, "That you, Sunshine Edafe, between 2021 and 2022, at Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, with intent to defraud, published a written threat message on your WhatsApp and Facebook page against Pascal Offiah of no 10 Pascal Offiah Close, off Tony Azuya, Lekki, Lagos, and members of his family, and thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 302 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015."
The second charge reads, "That you, Sunshine Edafe, on the same date, and place, in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did with intent to defraud, threatened via your Facebook page, and published a defamatory statement against Pascal Offiah with the intent of inducing him to buy you a house and SUV Jeep and thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 376 Criminal Code Act Cap C38 LFN 2004."
The prosecutor in charge of Edafe's case, Rita Momoh, said that Edafe committed the crime in Lagos State between 2021 and 2022.
She further stated that the offenses violate Section 376 of the 2004 Criminal Code Act Cap C38 LFN 2004, and Section 302 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
However, Sunshine Edafe pleaded not guilty to the charges and the magistrate adjourned the case to the 4th of September, 2023. Edafe was also admitted to pay a bail of #200,000.