A Lagos Magistrate Court has arraigned a 37-year-old woman, Akanji Kofoworola, for allegedly using her Facebook account to publish, distribute or project articles and obscene content against a Nollywood actress and businesswoman, Lizzy Anjorin.
Kofoworola was brought before Chief Magistrate Wahab Balogun by operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, publication of fake news, and defamation.
According to the prosecution, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Haruna Ibrahim, the defendant and several other bloggers currently at large committed the alleged offences in Lagos between 2023 and 2025.
ASP Ibrahim told the court that Kofoworola knowingly published false statements, rumours, and obscene content targeting the actress on Facebook, with the intent to damage her reputation.
He said the actions violated Sections 39, 57, and 150 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and are punishable under the same laws.
The charges against the Facebook user read: “That you Akanji Kofoworola ‘F’ and other Bloggers at large, from 2023 till date, somewhere in Lagos State in the Lagos State magisterial district did unlawfully publish, Statements, rumor about one Chief Mrs. Lizzy Anjorin on Face Book, a platform on social media, knowing, or having reason to believe that such Statements, rumour and report are false thereby committed an offence punishable under section 39 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
“That you Akanji Kofoworola ‘F’, and other Bloggers at large, same time and place, in the Lagos State magisterial district did unlawfully display to the public pictorial representation of one Chief Mrs. Lizzy Anjorin on FaceBook, a platform on social media, using the said public space to present her in a manner likely provoke or bring into disaffection any section of the community, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 57 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
“That you Akanji Kofoworola ‘F’, and other Bloggers at large, same time and place, in the Lagos State magisterial district, did for gain of social media likes and remuneration distribute or project articles and content deemed to be obscene and likely to corrupt the minds of viewers towards the personality of Chief Mrs. Lizzy Anjorin, thereby committing an offence punishable under section 150 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.”
Kofoworola pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Following her plea, the prosecutor requested that the defendant be remanded pending trial. However, her lawyer made an oral bail application, arguing that the charges were bailable.
The presiding Magistrate, after listening to the lawyer’s submission, admitted bail to the defendant in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum and some other conditions.
The case was adjourned to August 21, 2025, for trial.
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