Inibehe Effiong Challenges Police PRO Over Cyberbullying Comment On Curses

Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has criticized Police PRO ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi for claiming that “raining direct curses online” constitutes cyberbullying and is punishable by law. Adejobi stated, “Cyberbullying, which is even different from defamation, is a criminal offence.”

Effiong responded on X, calling Adejobi’s assertion “ignorance of the law raised to power 1000.” He argued that Nigerian law does not classify curses as crimes, highlighting Section 36(12) of the Constitution, which requires acts to be explicitly defined as offenses under written law.