A medical doctor, Kadev Kenneth Kelvin, has been detained at the federal prison in Makurdi because of disparaging remarks he posted online about an individual he claimed to be his patient.
The accused was reported to have made a Facebook post on March 12, 2023 where he revealed that he stitched the lacerated anus of the Benue State publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bemgba Iortyom, after he was sodomized in Abuja prison in 2017.
After Dr. Kadev made the shocking post, the Nigerian Medical Association, Benue State Branch, released a statement to condemn his actions.
The first information report by the police reads;
“On the 13/03/2023, a criminal petition was received by the Commissioner of Police written by D.K Iorhemba and Co as Barrister and Solicitors on behalf of Bemgba Iortyom, the PDP Publicity Secretary, Benue State, stating that one Kadev Kenneth Kelvin, a medical doctor who works at Kadev Health Systems Services of No.9 opposite Holy Covenant, Otukpo Road, Makurdi.
The report further revealed that the named doctor had made damaging comments about Bemgba on 12/03/2023 at about 11pm while chatting with one Gabriel Terungwa Shange.
He was reported to have said ‘my brother, if Bemgba Iortyom wants to go dirty, just inform me, the day he found out that, I was the medical doctor that stitched his lacerated anus when he was sodomized in Abuja prison in 2017 he blocked me’.”
The medical specialist was detained after their inquiry, according to the authorities, and he admitted to committing the stated offense.
The Cyber Crimes Prohibition and Prevention Act of 2015’s provision 24(1)(a)(b)(i) is violated, according to the authorities. No plea was accepted when the matter was brought up due to lack of authority.
Inspector S. O. Itodo, the police investigator, told the court that the issue was still under review. He requested a new date so that the prosecution could present its case.
