Justice Lewis-Allagoa made the interim restrain order, while granting a motion Exparte filed by Barrister Yakubu Eleto but moved by Barrister Olalekan Ogunbunmi.

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has in the interim, restrained Muyiwa Adejobi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Nigeria Police and four others, from further arresting or charging a United Kingdom (UK) based Nigerian blogger, Dorcas Adeyinka, over alleged cyberstalking.

Justice Lewis-Allagoa held that the interim restrained order would subsist, pending the determination of a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the blogger against the PPRO and other respondents in the suit marked FHC/L/CS//2025.

Others listed as respondents in the suit are: Tope Saint Williams Blackamoor; CP Nigerian Police Force National Cyber Center; Nigerian Police Force and the Inspector General of Police (IGP). 

Justice Lewis-Allagoa made the interim restrain order, while granting a motion Exparte filed by Barrister Yakubu Eleto but moved by Barrister Olalekan Ogunbunmi.

In urging the court to make the restrain order, the blogger’s lawyers.told the court the Exparte Motion is brought pursuant to Sections 33, 34 35, 36, 41, 44 and 46 of the 1999 Constitution Of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Order 11 Rules 1 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement (Procedure Rules) 2009; Articles 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Ratification and Enforcement Act Cap A9 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

Barrister Ogunbunmi further told the court that the motion is supported with 36 paragraphs affidavit deposed to by one Ola Haguero, a Support Staff in Yakubu Eleto Chambers; a written address ande several documentary exhibits.

He also told the court that a motion on notice had been filed against the defendants. He therefore urged the court to grant the reliefs sought in the motion Exparte.

The lawyer also informed the court that the applicant has undertake to pay damages, if it was later discovered that the orders was obtained with fraudulent intents.

Justice Lewis-Allagoa, alert listening to the applicant’s counsel submissions and read through all the documentary exhibits and all the plethora of authorites cited, held that: “the reliefs sought in the motion Exparte are granted”.

The judge while ordered that the motion on notice be served on all the defendants, adjourned the matter to July 8, for hearing of the substantive suit.

Some of the aveerments in the affidavit reads: “that the 1st respondent, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, has unlawfully used his Office as the Public Relations Officer of the 4th and 5th respondents to harass, threaten, and intimidate the Applicant in collusion with private individuals, including Oluwatoyin lyaduni Fayose (Toyin Ido Ogangan Original), Princess Tolutope Olowosibi Odegbami (Olowoshibi), Tolulope Adeoye (Abike Jagaban using Straight from the heart blog and Legba Ororo Oro), Sunday Omion (Epagboyimika, Epagboyimika Media and Epagbayimika Worldwide), Aisha Elizabeth (Lizzy Anjorin).

“That on 12th of May 2024, the 1st respondent unilaterally declared the applicant “wanted” without notifying or involving the IGP Monitoring Unit, which was then handling a petition concerning the Applicant. 

“That the Applicant is a Nigerian citizen who has resided in the United Kingdom for over 35 years without touching down in Nigeria and only to start returning to Nigeria annually since 2022 to support various philanthropic causes through her foundation Dorcas Adeyinka Empowerment Foundation. 

10. That the Applicant has engaged in charitable activities including the distribution of food, payment of school fees, hospital bills, and housing support for the underprivileged in Nigeria. (Attached are Pictures of Some of Her Activities and Marked Exhibit C). 

“That the background of the story is that a personal dispute arose in , 2019 between the Applicant and one Tolulope Adeoye (aka Abike Jagaban), a fellow blogger, after a disagreement over the disbursement of a charitable fund while the Applicant was in the United Kingdom and particularly when the Tolulope Adeoye wanted the Applicant to divert relief funds. 

“That since the said fallout, the Applicant has been subjected to a sustained campaign of cyberbullying and threats via multiple social media accounts associated with the said individuals. And that in 2023, the applicant was unlawfully arrested and detained at Elere Station, and subsequently arraigned before a Magistrate Court, where she was remanded for 14 days. 

The case was later struck out upon legal advice from the DPP.

“That the 1st respondent, despite the DPP’s clearance, transferred the same matter to the IGP Monitoring Unit and continued to pursue the Applicant maliciously. And that in 2024, following the death of one “lya Ibeji,” a woman the applicant had assisted philanthropically, the applicant was again declared wanted and accused falsely of causing her death, despite an autopsy confirming she died of tuberculosis." 

“That the applicant was not formally invited by the police before being declared wanted, and the entire process was instigated by the 1st respondent on behalf of his close associates. And that the applicant was subjected to harassment and interrogation concerning bloggers and online platforms she had no connection to and was forced to make involuntary statements under duress.

“That the Applicant was restricted from traveling for over six months and only returned to the UK on 16th January 2025, where she shared her ordeal. 

"And that several civil society organisations have condemned the serial attacks on the applicants declaring it as unconstitutional.

“That upon returning to the UK, the applicant received multiple invitations from the police in Nigeria, which were duly responded to by her legal counsel, including Chief Afe Babalola’s Chambers. (Attached are Evidences of invitation from the 3rd respondents and the Subsequent Replies from the applicant’s Counsel 

“That despite these correspondences, the applicant’s personal and foundation bank accounts were blocked by the 3rd respondent on the instruction of the 1st respondent in collusion with his shadow partners, who had publicly boasted online of such an outcome. And that the blocking of these accounts has crippled the applicant’s philanthropic work and affected her livelihood. 

“That the applicant now fears returning to Nigeria due to the real threat of arrest, detention, and torture at the hands of the 3rd to 5th respondents, acting in concert with private individuals. And that the conduct of the respondents has caused the applicant emotional trauma, reputational damage, and worsening of her health as a heavily pregnant woman and patient with high blood pressure. 

“That the wanted declaration was single handedly masterminded by the 1st respondents without the consent of the police investigations officers handling a murder case which the applicant wasn’t involved. And that even after the applicant was declared wanted by the 1st respondents and she was subsequently arrested, her name and personality is still on the wanted list of the police of the respondents till date. 

“That the applicant has not committed any offence known to law and is being persecuted solely because of her charitable work, which overshadows the NGOs of some of her accusers. 

"And that unless this Honourable Court intervenes, the Applicant risks being subjected to further abuse of state power, unlawful detention, and gross violation of her fundamental rights. 

“That it is in the interest of justice that this Honourable Court grants the reliefs sought in this application. And that my rights have been oppressively, unjustly and unfairly trampled upon by the Respondents at the instigation of the shadow complainants.”