Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- Wale Odusola, an Ondo State-based lawyer charged with cybercrime over his Facebook post criticising the state's 2025 budget, has named an aide to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Student Affairs as the petitioner behind his prosecution.

In a video posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Mr Odusola alleged that Solomon Olaolu, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Students' Affairs, petitioned the Commissioner of Police in the state claiming he was sent by the governor.

He posted the video after Governor Aiyedatiwa distanced himself from the petition that prompted the police to file the charges.

The governor, denying knowledge of the petition and its aftermath, directed the state's Attorney-General and ...