Social critic, Scott Iguma, remanded till Monday July 21

Social critic, Scott Iguma, has been remanded in custody till Monday, July 21. 

He was arrested on Wednesday, July 16 by an realty company who claimed he had made defamatory comments about them.

This morning, the Lagos state police confirmed his arrest and said he would be arraigned before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi. He was arraigned on a 4-count charge. The charges read

‘’COUNT 1: THAT YOU, SCOTT IGUMA “M”,ON OR BEFORE THE 27′” DAY OF MAY 2025, ATLEKKI GARDENS SANGOTTEDO LAGOS, WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA, DIDKNOWINGLY/INTENTIONALLY SENT A MESSAGE BY MEANS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM THROUGH YOUR INSTAGRAM PLATFORM WITH OVER / MILLION FOLLOWERS/VIEWERS CAPTIONED IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME PWAN SHOULD BE NUMBER 1 SUSPECT. 

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY FAMILY, NUCLEAR AND EXTENDED, HOLD PWAN RESPONSIBLE, EVEN IF I FALL SICK HOLD PWAN RESPONSIBLE………*, KNOWING SAME TO BE FALSE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING A BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER,HATRED, POSING A THREAT TO LIFE, OR CAUSING SUCH MESSAGES TO BE SENT.AND THEREBY, COMMITTED AN OFFENCE CONTRARY TO SECTION 24 (I) (b) AND PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 24 (2) (i) OF THE CYBERCRIMES (PROHIBITION, PREVENTION, ETC.) ACT (AS AMENDED) 2024.

COUNT II:THAT YOU, SCOTT IGUMA “M”, ON OR BEFORE THE 28′” DAY OF MAY 2025, AT LEKKI GARDENS SANGOTTEDO LAGOS, WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA, DID KNOWINGLY/INTENTIONALLY SENT A MESSAGE BY MEANS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM THROUGH YOUR INSTAGRAM PLATFORM WITH OVER 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS/VIEWERS CAPTIONED “PWAN REAL ESTATE COMPANY, THE COMPANY THAT SELLS RECEIPT TO PEOPLE INSTEAD OF LAND…… I CAN BOLDLY STATE AND ADVICE, DO NOT BUY PROPERTY FROM PWAN FOR NOW AND ALSO STATED THAT PWAN FOUNDER IS THE LEADER OF THIS THING”, KNOWING SAME TO BE FALSE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING A BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER, HATRED, POSING A THREAT TO LIFE, OR CAUSING SUCH MESSAGES TO BE SENT. AND THEREBY, COMMITTED AN OFFENCE CONTRARY TO SECTION 24 (I) (b) AND PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 24 (2) (i) OF THE CYBERCRIMES PROHIBITION, PREVENTION, ETC.) ACT (AS AMENDED) 2024.

COUNT III: THAT YOU, SCOTT IGUMA “M”, ON OR BEFORE THE 27′”‘ &28′” DAY OF MAY 2025, AT LEKKI GARDENS SANGOTTEDO AGOS, WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA. DID KNOWINGLY/INTENTIONALLY SENT SEVERAL MESSAGES/POSTED VIDEOS OF FALSEHOOD BY MEANS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM THROUGH YOUR INSTAGRAM PLATFORM WITH OVER / MILLION FOLLOWERS/VIEWERS AND POSTED FALSEHOOD AGAINST THE PERSON OF DR. AUGUSTINE ONWUMERE WITH UNVERIFIED INFORMATION ABOUT HIS REPUTATION, WHICH HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED BY OTHER FOLLOWERS ON THE INTERNET, KNOWING SAME TO BE FALSE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING A BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER, HATRED, POSING A THREAT TO LIFE, OR CAUSING SUCH MESSAGES TO BE SENT.

AND THEREBY, COMMITTED AN OFFENCE CONTRARY TO SECTION 24 (1) (b) AND PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 24 (2) I) OF THE CYBERCRIMES (PROHIBITION, PREVENTION, ETC.) ACT (AS AMENDED) 2024.

COUNT IV:THAT YOU, SCOTT IGUMA “M”, ON OR BEFORE THE 27′” & 28′ DAY OF MAY 2025, AT LEKKI GARDENS SANGOTTEDO LAGOS, WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA. DID KNOWINGLY/INTENTIONALLY SENT SEVERAL MESSAGES, CIRCULATED THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF DR. AUGUSTINE ONWUMERE ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT HE IS 4 CRIMINAL AND HE IS OPERATING A FRAUDULNET BUSINESS, KNOWING SAME TO BE FALSE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING A BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER, HATRED, POSING A THREAT TO LIFE, OR CAUSING SUCH MESSAGES TO BE SENT, AND THEREBY, COMMITTED AN OFFENCE CONTRARY TO SECTION 24 (I) (b) AND PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 24 (2) (I) OF THE CYBERCRIMES (PROHIBITION, PREVENTION, ETC.) ACT (AS AMENDED) 2024.

DATED THIS 16′” DAY OF JULY, 2025.”

Upon his arraignment in court this morning, the court ordered that he be remanded in custody till Monday, July 21.

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