Nigeria, July 26 -- The Nigeria Police Force has summoned the publisher of CrossRiverWatch newspaper, Agba Jalingo, over alleged defamation.

In addition to the publisher, the force headquarters summoned James Ibor, a legal practitioner and co-founder of a civil society organisation, Basic Rights Counsels Initiative, over the same petition.

The police said they were acting on a petition against them by Ursula Agbor, a former media aide to former Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.

Ms Agbo is a radio/TV presenter at the state-owned Cross River Broadcasting Corporation.

The separate invitation letters, each dated 21 July and addressed to Messrs Jalingo and Ibor, state that, "The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre, Force...