Police in Benin City, Edo State at the weekend arrested one Kennedy Oriwoh, a driver with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) over defamation of the character and cyber stalking against a nurse, Sandra Palmer Martins.
Oriwoh had posted a comment on an online interview Sandra granted to TMC TV, where she gave full details of how her husband, Kelvin Martins, based in Denmark, allegedly deceived her to hand over the custody of her only child to him and thereafter denied her access to the son, Owen Martin.
Her battle to reunite with her son had been investigated by Interpol and other relevant authorities.
Oriwoh at the comment section had accused Sandra of collecting huge amounts money in dollars from Martins in exchange for her child.
Sandra Martins through her lawyer, Abraham Oviawe (Esq) petitioned the police in zone 5 in Benin to compel the accuser to answer questions on the allegation of surrogacy made against her.
It was gathered that upon receiving the petition, the police invited Oriwoh to assist in the investigation.
It was gathered that Oriwoh was grilled for several hours before he deposited his statement and apologised for the post, claiming not to know the meaning of the word ‘surrogacy’ .
In a petition signed by the counsel to Sandra, Barrister Abraham Oviawe addressed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police sighted by newsmen he asked the police to save his client’s reputation which he said had been badly damaged by Oriwoh.
“Our client informed us that arising from the interview granted and accessible on the internet she got several calls from individuals who showed interest to assist but for the comment on the online where Kennedy Oriwoh made following statement which are lies … calculated to put our client in very bad light with the intent to damage her integrity in all ramifications.
“Our client pained by this development and does not want to take the law into her hands by resorting to violence since she personally knows the said Kennedy Oriwoh hence this petition to the zone.
“Accordingly, we call on your office to save the reputation of our client thereby averting any conduct that will cause breach of peace,” the petition said.
