Group Demands Release Of Journalist Detained For Alleged Cyberbullying

A group, Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT), has called for the release of a journalist and activist, Fejiro Oliver, who was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, on Thursday, October 16.

Oliver is accused of cyberbullying and criminal defamation by the Delta State government.

He may be re-arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court within the same jurisdiction of the superior court that granted bail, a move NACAT described as frustrating.

In a statement signed yesterday by its operations manager, Stanley Ugagbe, NACAT said efforts were being made to perfect the bail conditions imposed by the court when they discovered that there was another plan to keep the journalist behind bars with other cases.

It, however, appealed to the judiciary to temper justice with mercy, while urging the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to weigh in.
Part of the statement read, “It will be recalled that on October 16, 2025, the Federal High Court in Asaba granted bail to Mr Fejiro Oliver.

“NACAT will petition the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and foreign embassies… The Nigerian judiciary should uphold due process, fairness and decorum in the handling of Fejiro Oliver’s case, and reaffirm its commitment to judicial independence.

“Nigerian Bar Association should defend the ethics and independence of the judiciary,” the group said.