Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has filed criminal charges against MTN Nigeria,Olawale Rasheed Ajibade, and Lilian Binda to court on four court charges including cyber crime.
When the case came up for hearing on Friday, October 3, 2025 before Hon. Justice Joyce Obehi Abdulmalik in Court 6, Federal High Court, Abuja, MTN or any of the accused persons were not in court which made judge to adjourn the case to November 27, 2025.
MTN Nigeria and the others were dragged to court with the following charges, “That you, MTN Nigeria Communication Plc; Olawale Rasheed Ajibade, Manager, Modern Workplace, IT Division, Lagos Office of MTN Nigeria; and Lilian Binda, the Adviser, Organizational Effectiveness E Performance, Abuja Regional Office of MTN Nigeria, on or about the 6th day of May, 2023 in Nigeria, within the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court conspired amongst yourselves to commit an offence to wit: Unlawfully and intentionally doing an act which caused directly the serious hindering of the functioning of a Dell Latitude 5420 Laptop computer by deleting,
deteriorating, altering or suppressing computer data.
You thereby, committed an offence punishable under section 27(1) (b) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition,Prevention, Etc.) Act, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015 (as amended in 2024).
“COUNT 2
That you, MTN Nigeria Communication Plc; Olawale Rasheed Ajibade, Manager, Modern Workplace, IT Division, Lagos Office of MTN Nigeria; and Lilian Binda, the Adviser, Organizational Effectiveness & Performance, Abuja Regional Office of MTN Nigeria on or about the 6th day of May, 2023 in Nigeria, within the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court without lawful authority, intentionally did an act which directly caused serious hindering of the functioning of a Dell Latitude 5420 Laptop computer by deleting, deteriorating, altering or suppressing computer data with the Laptop, which prevents the said Laptop computer from functioning in accordance with its intended purpose. You thereby, committed an offence punishable under section 8 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015 (as amended in 2024).
“COUNT 3
That you, MTN Nigeria Communication Plc; Olawale Rasheed Ajibade, Manager, Modern Workplace, IT Division, Lagos Office of MTN Nigeria; and Lilian Binda, the Adviser, Organizational Effectiveness E Performance, Abuja Regional Office of MTN Nigeria, on or about the 6th day of May, 2023 in Nigeria, within the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court conspired amongst yourselves to commit an offence to wit: Causing modification of e-mail messages held in a Dell Latitude 5420 Laptop computer or MTN network. You thereby, committed an offence punishable under section 27(1) (b) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015 (as amended in 2024).
“COUNT 4
That you, MTN Nigeria Communication Plc; Olawale Rasheed Ajibade, Manager, Modern Workplace, IT Division, Lagos Office of MTN Nigeria; and Lilian Binda, the Adviser, Organizational Effectiveness & Performance, Abuja Regional Office of MTN Nigeria on or about the 6th day of May, 2023 in Nigeria, within the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court with intent and without lawful authority, directly modified or caused modification of e-mail messages held in a Dell Latitude 5420 Laptop computer or MTN network. You thereby, committed an offence punishable under section 16(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, Law of the of the Federation of Nigeria, 2015 (as amended in 2024).”
