By Desire Emmanuel
A medical doctor who was said to have issued a fake medical report to a blogger wanted by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for cyberbullying has been arrested and charged to court by the command.
The doctor, whose name was not revealed, was said to have been arrested after he confessed that he actually gave the fake medical report to the female blogger, whose name was given as Adetoun Onajobi, after the state police command invited her to answer allegations of cyberbullying brought against her by the state government.
According to reports, Onajobi, with the X handle @justadetoun, was said to have used social media and other internet-enabled computer platforms to publish false accusations against the Ogun State government and to further bully the Governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun.
It was gathered that the command invited Adetoun Onajobi for an interview to afford her the opportunity to respond to allegations arising from her online bullying of the Ogun State governor.
However, rather than honour the invitation, the lady, through her lawyer, wrote to the police claiming that she was medically indisposed and unable to attend the meeting.
Attached to her letter was a medical report allegedly issued by a doctor, detailing several medical challenges purportedly suffered by her and the efforts made by the doctor to treat and stabilise her.
But a discreet investigation by the police, however, confirmed the falsity of the claims contained in the medical report.
This led to the arrest of the doctor, who subsequently admitted that the entire medical report was a ruse, crafted at the direction of Adetoun Onajobi during a phone conversation between them, facilitated by her lawyer.
“Consequent upon this revelation, the doctor was arraigned before an Ogun State magistrates’ court for conspiracy, uttering a false document and obstructing the course of justice,” the command said in a statement on Monday, January 19.
The statement added that Onajobi has remained evasive and has rebuffed every invitation extended to her by the police while her current whereabouts remain unknown.
“Furthermore, having reneged on her prior undertaking to honour police invitations, the command will exhaust all lawful means to apprehend and produce her before the court to answer the six-count charges already filed against her,” the command added.
