After 28 days in detention, the Nigeria Police Force has formally charged Isaac Bristol, aka PIDOMNigeria, to court for cyber-related offences.
The 41-year-old, who is said to be a prominent whistleblower on X (formerly Twitter), was arrested on August 5, 2024, by officials from the National Cybercrime Centre.
The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/456/2024 and filed on Monday, September 2, 2024, at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division is between the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun as the Complaint and Bristol Isaac Tamunobifiri as the Defendant.
In the nine-count charge, Bristol is accused of illegally mobilising support from Nigerians to participate in the recent nationwide hunger protests tagged #EndBadGovernance.
According to court documents made available to newsmen, he faces charges related to the transmission of classified government documents and spreading false information. Specifically, he is accused of sharing documents claiming that Tinubu released N24.1 billion naira to NAHCON Chairman through Shettima’s office, later increased to N90 billion naira.
Other offences include allegations that he concealed money received through cryptocurrency and d£§troying his mobile phone – Techno Phantom X 2021 model and attempting to flush same down the toilet of the hotel where he was arrested with the intention of preventing it from being used as evidence against him.
