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Cynthia must go to jail - Nigerians react to lady's false accusation of molestation

Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:06 PM by Sola Oloruni

- Nigerians have reacted to the story of a lady identified as Cynthia who falsely accused a man of attempting to rape her friend, Anita

- Cynthia and Anita both admitted to lying about the accusations

- The man accused reportedly served them with court papers

Nigerians are reacting to the story of a young woman named Cynthia who falsely accused a man identified by his Twitter handle as @ynotes_ of attempting to rape her friend, Anita.

Cynthia took to the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to call out @ynotes_ over the matter. When @ynotes_ came out to defend himself, it was discovered that Anita told her friend, Cynthia, a different story from what truly happened.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the women have admitted to lying and privately apologised to @ynotes_. But after they failed to keep to @ynotes_ demands of retracting their accusations on Twitter, he decided to take them to court.

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According to @ynotes_, Cynthia and Anita have been served court papers for false accusations.

Nigerians have reacted to this story. A set of people have hailed @ynotes_ for his decision, stating that Cynthia must go to jail as it would teach other people who derive joy in falsely accusing others, a lesson.

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However, another set of people think that Cynthia should be forgiven because she is 19-years-old and only recounted her friend's story.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a Nigerian lady identified simply as Oreva narrated the story of a cab driver who confessed to raping a woman. Oreva explained that the cab driver was reacting to the Fatoyinbo story when he confessed. She said the man noted that Busola should forget about the issue and forgive the pastor.