Cyberstalking: Delta Police Drags Fejiro Oliver To Court

By Daniel Dafe

The Delta State Police Command on Friday filed a two count charge against the Publisher of Secret Reporters, Oghenedoro Tega Fejiro Oliver, in the Asaba Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria.

Recall that Fejiro was arrested by the police at his Abuja office on September 18, 2025, and flown to Asaba after a petition was lodged against him.

The case with suit number FHC/ASB/164/C/2025, has the Commissioner of Police as complainant.

The charge reads in part: “That you, Oghenedoro Tega Fejiro Oliver ‘m’ between the months of May, and July, 2025, in Asaba within Asaba Judicial Division did make publications on your Facebook account with name-Fejiro Oliver, cyberstalking Senator Ede Dafinone, currently representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, calling him different names like; ‘grossly incompetent senator’, ‘sleeping senator’, ‘betraying ingrate’, Dodo Senator’, ‘POS Senator’, ‘Scammer in NASS’, and that ‘Senator Ede Dafinone must be recalled from the Senate’ etc which publication is aimed at destroying his reputation and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 24 (2) (c) (ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc) Act,2015,as amended.

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Count 2, reads: “That you, Oghenedoro Tega Fejiro Oliver ‘M’ the same date and place and in the aforementioned Judicial Division did make publications on your Facebook account with name-Fejiro Oliver, cyberstalking Senator Ede Dafinone, currently representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, stating that he hid school buses and transformers meant for his constituents, accusing him of stealing thereby committed an offence punishable under section 24 (2) (c) (ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc) Act, 2015, as amended.”

The move by the police command comes, following a court order that the police in 48 hours should show why Fejiro Oliver should not be released unconditionally after spending 16 days in detention.

The order was issued on Thursday, October 2, 2025, by Hon. Justice F. A. Olubanjo, following an ex parte application filed by Fejiro’s counsel and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong.

Fejiro has remained in detention at the State Criminal Investigation Department (State CID) in Asaba.