Alleged cyberstalking: Court remands ex-NBA branch chairman
by Hassan Muaz · The Eagle OnlineThe Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday remanded Gabriel-Nkup Tsenyen, the former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Shendam Branch, Plateau State, in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik after giving the order adjourned the matter until August 20 when the propriety or otherwise of the defendants’ new trial on alleged cyberstalking and incitement of public disturbances would be decided.
Justice Abdulmalik issued the remand order after the lawyer of the DSS, Muinat Oladunjoye, applied for the arraignment of Tsenyen.
Shortly after the lawyer was ordered into the dock for his plea to be taken, his counsel, Emmanuel Esene, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), raised objection to his client’s arraignment.
Esene told the judge that his client had been arraigned on the same charges in the same Federal High Court in Abuja and that his trial had been fixed for September 28.
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He expressed shock over the new arraignment bid and pleaded with the judge not to allow it so as to avoid double jeopardy for the defendant.
Oladunjoye, from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, denied knowledge of any other similar charge against the lawyer.
This prompted Justice Abdulmalik to demand for a copy of the earlier charge for the purpose of record, which was promptly tendered by Esene.
The judge also demanded for records of proceedings in respect of the earlier charge, which could not be produced by the defence on the ground that the new charge came by surprise to them on August 13.
However, to fully ascertain the earlier arraignment on the same charge, Justice Abdulmalik ordered that records of proceedings in the earlier trial be produced before the court on August 20.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/464/2026, was filed by Rotimi Oyedepo, the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation.
In count one, Tsenyen was alleged to have, sometime isaid, is punishable under Section 24(1) of Cybercrimes (Prevention, Prohibition, etc) Act, 2015, as amended.
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