The Police have filed cybercrime charges against the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, and two others over the alleged unlawful interception of a woman’s telephone and computer network.
The other defendants are Mufutau Ibrahim and Tajudeen Opoola, according to a charge sheet obtained on Wednesday by PUNCH.
The charges were filed by the Inspector-General of Police on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
According to the charge sheet, dated October 2 and signed by a prosecuting counsel with the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre’s Directorate of Legal Services, the alleged offences occurred on August 23, 2026, at the university in Ekiti State.
In the first count, the defendants were accused of conspiring to unlawfully intercept the transmission of computer data belonging to Dr Adeola Kehinde without authorisation.
The second count alleged that they intentionally used technical means to intercept the transmission of her computer data and its contents from her computer network without lawful authority.
In the third count, the defendants were accused of causing the unauthorised modification of data stored in Kehinde’s computer system or network.
The alleged offences were listed under Sections 27(1)(b), 12(1) and 16(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.
Another count accused the defendants of allegedly abusing their offices by carrying out an arbitrary act prejudicial to Kehinde’s rights through the unauthorised interception of her telephone and computer network.
The charge sheet stated that the alleged act was punishable under Section 104 of the Criminal Code Act.
The document did not specify when the defendants would be arraigned or indicate whether they had entered pleas to the allegations.
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