The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikorodu has ordered X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, to disclose the identity of a user, @_AbiolaPharays, accused of manipulating a birthday post belonging to a Nigerian law graduate, Esther Agboola.
According to a judgment delivered on June 5, 2026, and obtained by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, Justice Adeniyi Pokanu held that the unauthorised manipulation and republication of Agboola’s post amounted to a breach of her right to privacy as guaranteed under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution.
Agboola, through her X handle, @agirlnamed_esth, had shared photographs on January 9, 2026, with the caption, “Chapter 25. Happy Birthday to me!”, to celebrate her 25th birthday.
She told the court that the anonymous X user retrieved her January 2025 birthday post, originally made to celebrate her 24th birthday, and altered its timestamp to create the false impression that it had been published
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