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Operatives of the Nigerian police have arrested singer, Idowu Smart Emmanuel aka Lil Smart for ‘criminal defamation, cyberstalking, cyberbullying and falsehood’ against singer, Naira Marley.
It would be recalled that Lil Smart, in December, 2024 alleged that his former boss, NairaMarley and Zinolesky had attempted to kidnap him. He warned that they should be held responsible if anything happened to him.
However, in a statement released by the Police on Thursday, February 6, Lil Smart was arrested on January 28 and that he admitted in writing that the allegations were false and without evidence.
The police statement read, “Following a petition filed by a law firm, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime arrested one Idowu Smart Emmanuel, for criminal defamation, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and falsehood against Abdulazeez Adeshina Fashola (A.K.A Naira Marley).”
“Investigations revealed that the suspect, using his Instagram handle @lilsmart_, falsely alleged that he was abducted, assaulted.
“On January 28, 2025, he was apprehended at his residence in Megamound Estate, Ajah, Lagos, and the exhibits involved in this crime were recovered.”
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