Stanley Okoruwa, a 24-year-old man, was apprehended for tarnishing the reputation of businessman Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as E-money. Okoruwa confessed that he fabricated the allegations to boost his online presence.The suspect was taken into custody last week after releasing a video accusing E-money of having a clandestine affair with the widow of the late actor, Junior Pope.
During his public presentation, Okoruwa, originally from Edo state, admitted that he concocted the story for amusement and to attract more followers to his social media platform.
‘’I made a video about Sir E-Money and I said a lot of things that weren’t true. I said something regarding a video I saw online of a woman saying Emoney is responsible for everything that has taken place in regard to Jnr Pope’s matter. I said something similar to it and I also said Sir Emoney is having an affair with Jnr Pope’s wife.
“I made that video out of trying to grow my page. I wasn’t having any other bad intention to spoil Sir E-Money’s name. I didn’t even know the video would go to that extent. I know the video was wrong but I did not know it would go to that extent.
“Everything in that video is not true. There was nothing like that. I was trying to go popular or maybe have the opportunity to see Sir E-Money one-on-one but I didn’t know it was going to escalate to this extent”.
He said his Facebook page is not monetized and did not make any money from it.
The suspect also apologized to the businessman and asked for his forgiveness.