CONTENT creator Chidi Uzoma (popularly known as Uncle Baba or Baba De Baba) has been arrested for allegedly cyberbullying actress May Edochie, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie. Uncle Baba was equally accused of saying he also said May is HIV positive.
Eighteen-Eleven Media reports that Uncle Baba posted a video wherein he claimed May was trying to harm him and his family. He also accused her of kidnapping his son.
In a post, the actress’s lawyer confirmed that Baba De Baba was taken into custody for cyberstalking and cyberbullying. He added that the arrest happened after two weeks of police observation:
“On 12 December 2024, we warned Uncle Baba to cease and desist from cyber-stalking Ms. Mary Yul-Edochie. He ignored the warning. On 17 December 20024, a second warning was sent to him. Instead of hiring a lawyer for guidance, he bragged that he was untouchable. He intensified and escalated his attacks. He extended it to us and even to the court official who tried to serve him with a court summons.
“On 9 January 2025, we filed a criminal petition against him. For the past two weeks, we tracked his movement. We also identified all the people he called and all the places he moved. The purpose of the tracking was to help the police to locate him and pick him up.
“Two days ago, we lured him into believing that he was getting an endorsement contract. He was negotiating the endorsement contract, not knowing that we just wanted him to submit himself to the police. We simply told him we were a company looking for an ambassador to promote our product. We told him that we have seen his work and how intelligent he was. He believed us. We asked him how much he would charge for his services. He said he wanted “N10,000,000 plus allowance for each appearance”. We promised to give it to him. We gave him an appointment for 11:00 am this morning for him to come and sign the contract and receive the initial payment. He came. He walked in on his own. They gave him a chair. They also gave him a pen for the contract he was to sign. When he stretched his hand to take the pen, he was handcuffed and arrested. He is now being processed by the police.
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