The Ogun State Police has filed a six-count charge against the blogger, Adetoun Onajobi, also known as @justadetoun, who is on the run, following a complaint lodged against her by the state government.
In a statement, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, said the internet personality, has for years been accused of bullying, harassment, and using offensive language against individuals online.
The controversy escalated after boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in an accident in Ogun. Adetoun allegedly posted videos claiming that there was no ambulance service in the state and further accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of being in Ghana partying and impregnating women instead of attending to the boxer’s welfare.
Ogungbade described the claims as false, malicious, and misleading, stressing that the state has multiple state-owned and state-supported ambulances. He added that the allegations posed a public safety risk by misinforming residents about available healthcare resources.
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As a result, the state reported Adetoun to the police for alleged violations of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
The police reportedly invited her for questioning on January 5, this year, after issuing a notice on January 2. However, she failed to appear and allegedly went into hiding, despite earlier boasting that she had evidence to substantiate her claims.
Even while in hiding, she reportedly released another video claiming she was ill and unable to honour the police invitation. Subsequently, her lawyer submitted a letter to the police attaching a medical report from a Lagos-based doctor, stating that she was indisposed.
Police investigations later indicted that the medical report was fraudulent. The doctor who authored it allegedly confessed that he never met, examined, treated, or revived Adetoun, contrary to the claims in the report.
The doctor has since been arrested, charged, and remanded for fraudulent medical documentation and obstruction of justice, while investigations continue to identify other accomplices. Adetoun remains at large.
Ogungbade questioned why someone who claimed to possess evidence could not present it to law enforcement or publish it publicly, adding that forging medical records raises serious concerns about her credibility.
The statement further alleged that Adetoun had previously bullied a woman sweeping an estate in Lagos and unlawfully filmed and shared images of the woman’s underage child on social media.
