The trial of political activist Nuru Maloba Okanga, who faces charges of publishing false, defamatory, and threatening information on social media has began.
The trial resumed on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
Okanga is accused of posting a video clip that allegedly contained remarks deemed threatening to the Head of State.
The prosecution alleges that in the clip, widely shared on TikTok and other platforms, Okanga urged the then–Deputy President to “use his experience as a former District Commissioner to shoot the President because he was disturbing him, the same way he used to disturb the President, who is now the former President, when he was Deputy President.”
However, an officer at the witness stand claimed that he had received orders from his superior to arrest the accused and had not seen any charged sheet.
