A Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded Nollywood actress Doris Ogala at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the hearing and determination of her bail application over alleged cyberstalking, cyberbullying and attempted extortion of Lagos-based pastor Chris Okafor.
Ogala was arraigned on three counts by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation before Justice Akintayo Aluko on Wednesday.
The charges relate to the alleged publication of intimate photographs, dissemination of false electronic messages and threats against the cleric.
According to the prosecution counsel, Tolulope Mokolu, the alleged offences occurred between September 2024 and March 2026.
Mokolu accused Ogala of knowingly publishing nude and intimate photographs of Okafor on her social media accounts without his consent. He said the publications allegedly caused embarrassment, emotional distress and potential damage to the pastor’s reputation.
The prosecution further alleged that the actress disseminated videos, recordings and electronic messages containing information she allegedly knew to be false, with the intention of bullying, threatening, intimidating and harassing the cleric.
Mokolu also alleged that Ogala threatened to continue publishing intimate and menacing material about Okafor unless he compensated her or bought her a house.
According to the prosecution, the alleged threats were intended to damage the pastor’s reputation and expose him to public ridicule.
The charges were brought under Sections 24(1)(a), 24(2)(a) and 24(2)(c) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Amendment Act, 2024.
Ogala pleaded not guilty to all three counts.
Following her plea, the prosecution asked the court to remand her pending trial. Mokolu also told the court that he had only received the actress’s bail application on Wednesday and needed time to study it and file a response.
However, defence counsel N. C. Atulomah opposed the remand request, arguing that the decision to grant bail rested within the court’s discretion.
Atulomah urged the judge to release Ogala, stating that she was a governorship candidate of a political party in Abia State. He also assured the court that she would attend the next hearing if released.
The prosecution opposed the request, maintaining that it was still within the time allowed to respond to the bail application.
In his ruling, Justice Aluko held that the defence had not presented sufficient material to justify the actress’s release at that stage.
The judge ordered an accelerated hearing of the bail application and directed that Ogala remain at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending its determination.
The court adjourned the case until October 30, 2026, for the hearing of her bail application.
