Bristol Tamunobiefiri aka PIDOM appears in court on September 3
The National Cybercrime Centre (NCCC) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arraigned Bristol Tamunobifiri, popularly known by his X name PIDOM.
In August, the police confirmed the arrest of Tamunobifiri who runs an anonymous whistleblower account on X.com with the username: @99% OPPRESSED, PIDOMNIGERIA.
The police said the whistleblower was arrested for “committing serious offences that undermine the integrity of government operations”.
On Tuesday, the police arraigned Tamunobifiri before Emeka Nwite, a judge of the federal high court in Abuja.
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PIDOM is expected to be charged with nine allegations including “mobilising and soliciting support to unduly compel the government to act or abstain from certain acts through the #EndBadGovernance protest”.
The police said the whistleblower also laundered N970,000 deemed to be “proceeds of an unlawful act”.
Other charges include false money laundering allegations against President Bola Tinubu, and unlawfully obtaining, retaining and disseminating classified secret documents in contravention of the official Secret Act 1962.
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The police also said PIDOM is facing allegations of tampering with evidence by destroying his phone and attempting to flush it down the water system of the hotel where he was arrested.
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