Police arrest Islamic cleric over alleged defamatory publications

The Police in Oyo State has arrested an Islamic cleric, Jamiu Adegunwa, over alleged defamatory publications against the President of the Academy of Islamic Propagation, ACADIP, Mallam Yusuf Adepoju.
Adegunwa was reportedly arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State, after failure to appear before a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State.
According to the prosecution, the cleric is facing allegations of making defamatory publications against Adepoju, his organisation and members of his family through his social media platform, Al-Madrasatu Wahabiya.
The prosecution alleged that the publications, said to have been made from July 6, 2021, to date, caused injury, insult, hatred, enmity an...