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A Nigerian, of Yoruba extraction, Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, has been jailed four-and-half years for inciting racial hatred through his social media posts thereby encouraging violence in Nigeria against Igbos.
A Southwark Crown Court, London , sentencing Adeyinka Shoyemi, who also goes by the name “Adeyinka Grandson” heard of how he had, in a video broadcast in 2019, issued the following warning: “This is a warning to the Igbo people living in Yoruba land, we are giving you a 48 hours ultimatum from Friday, 23 of October to 25 October, to leave Yorubaland. From Monday, we will close the road and every Igbo in Yoruba land will be dealt with.
According to London’s Metropolitan Police Service, Shoyemi’s action was reported to authorities via the online reporting tool www.gov.uk/ACT.
“The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command launched an investigation in March 2019 as a direct result of members of the public raising concerns to police about online social media posts which contained comments aimed at particular ethnic groups based in Nigeria.
“This material was assessed by specialist officers within the Met’s Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU). After assessing the posts, which contained commentary encouraging attacks against certain ethnic groups in Nigeria, officers determined these posts were potentially in breach of UK legislation and a formal investigation was launched,” the police said in a statement on Friday.
The police said that Shoyemi was first arrested in August 2019 at his home address and subsequently released on bail while his devices were seized and probed.
He was arraigned in May 2020 on six-count charges bordering on inciting racial hatred.
The court granted him bail with some stringent conditions, including an order mandating him not to use his devices to incite any more.
The London police said: “However, in October 2020, he was rearrested by officers after he made further offending social media posts whilst on bail. Two further charges were added as a result.
At the conclusion of trial , he was found guilty on 30 November, 2021, of eight counts of inciting racial hatred. /SHARE THIS
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