The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until November 12, 2026, the arraignment of two women accused of circulating online allegations that Mrs Uju Akubueze killed her husband’s first wife and was an HIV carrier.
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The proceedings could not go ahead on Wednesday, October 7, because the defendants, Nkiru Ulasi and Ogechukwu Angela, were absent from court.
The matter was listed first on the cause list before Justice Binta Nyako. Although prosecution counsel, John Ijagbemi, and defence counsel, Pascal Nnaji, were present, the defendants’ absence prevented their arraignment.
With the agreement of counsel on both sides, the court adjourned the case until November 12 for arraignment.
The Inspector-General of Police filed the three-count charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/511/2026, through Ijagbemi of the Directorate of Legal Services, Zone 7 Police Headquarters, Abuja.
Ulasi and Angela were named as the first and second defendants respectively. The allegations against them concern cyberbullying, defamatory publications, threats and the dissemination of false information about Akubueze and her family.
In count three, the prosecution alleged that Nkiru Favour Ulasi, Ogechukwu Angela and other persons now at large engaged in cyberstalking through WhatsApp and TikTok between March and April 2026.
According to the charge, they deliberately circulated videos, photographs and WhatsApp conversations in different forms and at different dates and times containing misinformation about Akubueze.
The prosecution alleged that the defendants “lied and accused Uju Peter Akubueze of killing her husband’s first wife, and labelling her as an HIV carrier, without any justification.”
In count two, the defendants and others now at large were accused of publishing abusive messages through their WhatsApp and TikTok platforms with the intention of bullying, threatening, defaming and harassing Akubueze and her family, as well as spreading information they allegedly knew to be false.
The prosecution cited Section 24(1)(a) and (b), and Section 24(2)(a) and (c), of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015, as amended in 2024, and stated that the alleged offences were punishable under Section 24(2)(i) and (ii).
The defendants have yet to be arraigned or enter their pleas. The accusations contained in the charge remain allegations pending determination by the court.
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