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From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
The Edo State Police Command has offered a reward of N5 million for information leading to the arrest of Rachael Eboni Osazee Iyonmana, who is based in Canada.
The suspect is wanted for alleged cyberbullying, stalking, defamation, and impersonation. The command’s spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said that the police received a petition in January from the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, Edo State Council, Festus Alenkhe, regarding the suspect’s alleged offenses. After investigating the matter, the police declared the suspect wanted in the Special Police Gazette Bulletin.
According to SP Chidi, the suspect opened multiple Facebook accounts using the petitioner’s photographs and full name and used derogatory language to defame the petitioner’s character. Even after being declared wanted, the suspect created different Facebook accounts using the complainant’s picture and continuing to transmit messages as if the complainant is the one sending them.
SP Chidi stated that the suspect is based in Canada, and the police have partnered with the Nigerian Immigration Service to arrest her should she return to Nigeria.
“We want to make the public aware that those Facebook accounts created by Rachael (suspect) were not the handy work of the complainant. The suspect did that to make people believe that Festus is the one doing it,” said SP Chidi.
He also urged anyone with information about the suspect’s whereabouts to inform the police, promising that the information would be entertained by the office of the commissioner of police, PPRO, and Anti-kidnapping and cybercrime unit, and the informant would be rewarded with N5 million.
