The Police in Oyo state have arrested a Lagos-based blogger, Mr Gbenga Dan Asabe over alleged defamation of a cleric Satguru Maharaj Ji.
The blogger who is the owner of Asabe Africa Afrika TV, a YouTube Channel was on Saturday arrested by a team of policemen from State CID, Iyaganku, Ibadan, and is currently being detained at the Iyaganku, Ibadan by the Oyo State Police Command.
The Police in a statement said the blogger was arrested on Saturday morning at a mosque located at Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos, after some months of tracking him and was subsequently taken to State CID Iyaganku, Ibadan for prosecution.
The statement added that different charms were found in his possession during a search.
Asabe got into trouble when 2-years-ago, he interviewed a self – acclaimed prophet, Ojo Amos Modayibi (a k.a. Prophet Elewuogbo) who according to the petition made scandalous, mendacious, and unwarranted things to be published on his platform, in which he accused Satguru Maharaj Ji of selling human body parts for money ritual purposes, drinking human blood, and burying human beings in Maharaj Ji village.
“Asabe had been on the run for two years now. Last year, Zone X1 at Osogbo issued a warrant of arrest on Asabe but unfortunately, he was dodging the arrest. This time around, the hand of the law has caught up with him.
Prophet Elewuogbo who made the assertions on Asabe’s YouTube channel was recently arrested and arraigned before an Ibadan Magistrate Court over alleged defamation of Satguru Maharaj Ji.
The prophet, then took to different media publications (including Asabe Afrika TV) to infer that he published false allegations against Maharaj Ji because he wanted to become popular.
