A man, Emmanuel Emeruwa, has debunked what he described as ‘a well coordinated malicious social media campaign’ against him over an allegation that he defiled his five-year-old daughter.
In a statement issued yesterday by his lawyer, Ife Ajayi, Emeruwa accused his estranged wife of cooking up the allegation against him to have sole custody of their children and his personal estate.
Expressing optimism that he would be vindicated, Emeruwa said it was disheartening that some persons had been paid to run a well coordinated social media campaign to defame him and wipe up negative sentiments, whereas the matter is before the court.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to various malicious stories against our client circulating on social media, particularly on Instagram, which we believe emanated from a post by the username @justadetoun, alleging that our client defiled and violated his own daughter, who is five years of age, whose name we shall withhold.
“For the record, our client denies each and every allegation leveled against him by his wife, Mrs Eileen Nneka Emeruwa, and he verily knows that she is only using these unfounded and baseless allegations, coupled with her negative social media campaign, to settle their matrimonial and personal dispute, to have him incarcerated for a very long time and have sole custody of their children and his personal estate.
“During the cause of investigating these allegations by the Nigeria Police, as counsel, we took our time in evaluating the said allegations, the facts as provided by our client’s wife, and juxtaposed same with the evidence (both material and clinical) and it is quite clear that the evidence do not match the offences alleged.
“We, therefore, look up to the court to treat the case under reference on its merit, as only the court has the powers to undertake a final decision on the same, guided by the evidence before it.”
