The Nigeria Police Force has filed cybercrime charges against the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, and two others over the alleged unlawful interception of a woman’s telephone and computer network.
PUNCH Metro learned from a charge sheet seen on Wednesday that Mufutau Ibrahim and Tajudeen Opoola are the other defendants.
The charges, filed by the Inspector-General of Police on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria before the Federal High Court in Lagos, accused the defendants of conspiring to unlawfully intercept computer data belonging to Dr Adeola Kehinde without authorisation.
According to the charge sheet dated October 2 and signed by a prosecuting counsel of the Directorate of Legal Services, NPF-NCCC, the alleged offences occurred on August 23, 2026, at the university in Ekiti State.
In the first count, the defendants were accused of conspiring “with intent and without authorisation, to unlawfully intercept the transmission of Dr Adeola Kehinde’s computer data and its content.”
The second count accused them of intentionally and without authorisation using technical means to “unlawfully intercept the transmission of Dr Adeola Kehinde’s computer data and its content” from her computer network.
In the third count, the defendants were accused of causing the modification of data held in Kehinde’s computer system or network “with intent and without lawful authority.”
The alleged offences were said to be contrary to Sections 27(1)(b), 12(1) and 16(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.
In another count, the defendants were accused of acting “in abuse of your office” and committing an “arbitrary act prejudicial to the rights of Dr Adeola Kehinde” by allegedly intercepting her telephone and computer network without lawful authority.
The charge sheet stated that the alleged act was punishable under Section 104 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The charge document did not indicate the date of arraignment or the defendants’ pleas to the allegations.
Source: punchng.com
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