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Police sue activist for calling Oborevwori ‘sleeping governor’ in Facebook post

Fejiro Oliver

The police command in Delta has filed a suit against Fejiro Oliver, an activist, accusing him of cyberstalking Sheriff Oborevwori, the state governor.

Oliver, who was arrested in Abuja in September and subsequently transferred to Delta state, is facing charges under the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015.

According to court documents filed at the high court in Asaba, the police alleged that between July and August 2025, Oliver used his Facebook account to make publications aimed at maligning Oborevwori.

The charge sheet cited specific posts in which Oliver accused the governor of secretly travelling to Brazil and awarding contracts to his associates for election rigging.

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“That you, Oghenedoro Tega Fejiro Oliver, m, between the months of July and August 2025, in Asaba, within the Asaba Judicial Division, did make publications on your Facebook account with the name ‘Fejiro Oliver’, cyberstalking His Excellency Sheriff Oborevwori — the Governor of Delta State — stating that: the Governor travelled to Brazil without the people knowing and kept it hush-hush, the Governor awarded contracts worth billions of naira to his boys for election rigging, the Governor sent government officials to China spending millions of dollars only to inspect CNG buses instead of attracting investors, and that the Governor is a ‘sleeping governor who rigged election’,” the document reads.

The police said the publication was aimed at destroying the governor’s reputation and is punishable under section 24 (2)(c) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015.

The police also alleged that between May and July, Oliver cyberstalked Ede Dafinone, senator representing Delta central senatorial district.

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“That you made publications on your Facebook account with the name ‘Fejiro Oliver’, cyberstalking Senator Ede Dafinone, currently representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, calling him different names such as ‘grossly incompetent senator, sleeping senator, betraying ingrate, Dodo senator, POS senator, Scammer in NASS,’ and that Senator Ede Dafinone must be recalled from the Senate, which publication was aimed at destroying his reputation, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 24 (2)(c)(ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015, as amended.”

The police said the activist also accused the senator of hiding school buses and transformers meant for his constituents.

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