Nigeria Police Arrests Social Media User For Hate Speech Against Igbos

Nigeria Police Arrests Social Media User For Hate Speech Against Igbos

The Osun Police Command has arrested one Kehinde Adesogba Adekusibe ‘m’ 28years who violated the social media policy on hate speech. 

It could be recalled that, on 18th May, 2023, the suspect, Kehinde Adekusibe, on his tweeter handle, tweeted, “Let’s kill all the Igbos Let’s flush them out of Yoruba lands. I hate these people with passion. They are violent people. They a the worst.They hate us. Let’s hate them without holding back. ” 

Immediately, the Police Command received the report, Police detective from the Cyber crime section at SCID Osogbo swung into action, and through intelligence led investigation, the suspect was arrested at Ilesa where he hibernated.

The suspect has confessed to the crime, and he will be charged to the court after the completion of the investigation. 

A tweet by the Force Public Relations,  CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi noted that “We have done what is needful on this matter. It can only take some times, every offence committed leaves a trace, and culprits will surely face d music.”