Sahara Reporters
Balogun was invited through a letter dated 3rd August 2021 with reference No. CR:3000/×/FHQ/SEB/ABJ//T3/VOL.3 signed by ACP Y.Y Abubakar, Special Enquiry Bureau, Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.
Israel Balogun, a YouTube user who exposed a money miracle ‘session’ performed by Apostle Johnson Suleman, founder of Omega Fire Ministries, has received an invitation from the police’s Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Abuja.
Balogun was invited through a letter dated 3rd August 2021 with reference No. CR:3000/×/FHQ/SEB/ABJ//T3/VOL.3 signed by ACP Y.Y Abubakar, Special Enquiry Bureau, Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.
The letter reads, “This office is investigating a case of Criminal Defamation and Cyberstalking in which your name features prominently. In the light of the above and in the spirit of fair hearing, you are requested to interview the undersigned in room 408, 3rd floor, Force CIID Complex Area 10, Garki, Abuja on 11th August 2021, 1000hrs unfailingly.”
The invitation was also confirmed by Balogun’s counsel, Inibehe Effiong, in a letter made available to SaharaReporters on Friday.
Effiong stated that the police invitation to Balogun stated that his client should report to the Force headquarters on Friday, August 13, over an alleged case of “Criminal Defamation and Cyberstalking.”
He noted that his client had been threatened by lawyers to Suleman over his analysis of a money-miracle scandal.
The lawyers gave him a seven-day deadline to retract the publications alongside an apology for the perceived offence.
Inibehe, however, said barely 24 hours after …
