Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- A former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Owerri branch, Chinedu Agu, said the police in Imo State, Nigeria's South-east, have invited him for allegedly defaming Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.

Mr Agu, a lawyer, posted the police invitation letter on his Facebook page on Friday, 9 September.

In the letter addressed to him, the office of the X-Squad Unit of the police in Imo said they were inviting him over an alleged criminal defamation of character and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.

The police said they were investigating the alleged defamation.

The letter added that the meeting with Mr Agu will be held on Wednesday, 17 September, in the X-Squad office at the police headquarters, Owe...