Suspect Gives Reason He Accused E-Money Of Having Affairs With Junior Pope’s Wife—Stanley Okoruwa, a content creator and blogger, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command, for allegedly defaming businessman Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as ‘E-Money.’

Okoruwa’s arrest in Uromi, Delta State, followed a petition from E-Money and led to his transfer to Lagos for further investigation.

In a viral video, Okoruwa accused E-Money of illicit affairs with the wife of the late Nollywood star John Odonwodo, also known as Junior Pope, and implicated him in the actor’s death in a boat accident.

Paraded before the press on Monday, Okoruwa confessed to fabricating the accusations in an attempt to boost his online following. “I did a video about E-Money. I said a lot of things that are not true in that video, that is why the police arrested me,” Okoruwa admitted. He clarified that he had never met E-Money and that all claims made in the video were false.

Ben Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Command, stated that Okoruwa would be prosecuted for cyberbullying and defamation of character.

Okoruwa expressed remorse for his actions, stating, “I made the video out of trying to boost my page traffic level, I never knew it would go viral the way it went. I don’t have a bad intention to spoil Sir E-Money’s name. I was just making the video, I didn’t know it would go such wide.”

Okoruwa revealed his intention to apologize to E-Money before his arrest. “I was already planning to make an apology video, that was when I was arrested by the police.

I have been praying to have this opportunity to apologize to him. I am very sorry Sir E-Money, I don’t mean to tarnish his image, I didn’t mean to spoil his name online,” he added.