Don’t comment sarcastically & carelessly on social media or say what you cannot defend—Nigerian police warns

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has warned Nigerians against making comments on social media that they cannot defend.

In a post shared on X, Adejobi reminded Nigerians of the existence of the Cybercrime Prohibition Act, 2015 which gives the court the jurisdiction to sentence anyone found guilty of making social media comments and claims they cannot defend in court.

Adejobi said the police are out for people who make careless and sarcastic comments online and that the police will get such people one by one no matter whose ox is gored.