On August 5, 2025, Ms Akanji Kofoworola, a 37-year-old blogger, was arraigned before Magistrate Wahab Balogun of the Lagos Island Magistrate Court by the Lagos State Police Command on a three-count charge of conspiracy, publishing fake news, and defamatory content against Nollywood actress and businesswoman, Ms Lizzy Anjorin.
Ms Kofoworola, who was arrested by the operatives of the Zonal Police Command in Onikan, was arraigned for allegedly using her Facebook account to publish, distribute, or project articles and obscene content against the Nollywood actress.
The Police prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Salihu Kadiri, told the court that the blogger and others, currently at large, committed the offences in Lagos from 2023 to date. ASP Salihu accused the blogger of unlawfully publishing statements and rumours about the actress on Facebook, which she knew or had reason to believe were false.
The charges against Ms Anjorin read: “That you Akanji Kofoworola ‘F’ and other Bloggers at large, from 2023 till date, somewhere in Lagos State in the Lagos State magisterial district did unlawfully publish, Statements, rumor about one Chief Mrs. Lizzy Anjorin on Face Book, a platform on social media, knowing, or having reason to believe that such Statements, rumour and report are false thereby committed an offence punishable under section 39 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
“That you Akanji Kofoworola ‘F’, and other Bloggers at large, same time and place, in the Lagos State magisterial district did unlawfully display to the public pictorial representation of one Chief Mrs. Lizzy Anjorin on Face Book, a platform on social media, using the said public space to present her in a manner likely provoke or bring into disaffection any section of the community, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 57 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
“That you Akanji Kofoworola ‘F’, and other Bloggers at large, same time and place, in the Lagos State magisterial district, did for gain of social media likes and remuneration distribute or project articles and content deemed to be obscene and likely to corrupt the minds of viewers towards the personality of Chief Mrs. Lizzy Anjorin, thereby committing an offence punishable under section 150 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.”
The blogger pleaded not guilty to the charges and her counsel moved an oral bail application on her behalf, arguing that the offences are bailable.,
However, the prosecutor urged the court to remand her in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services pending the conclusion of the trial.
Magistrate Balogun granted her bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum, after listening to both parties and adjourned the case to August 21 for trial.
