The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of Bristol Tamunobiefiri, popularly known by his X name PIDOM.
Tamunobiefiri runs an anonymous whistleblower account on X.com with the username: @99% OPPRESSED, PIDOMNIGERIA.
In a statement on Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesperson, said the whistleblower was arrested on August 5 in his hotel room in Rivers.
He said PIDOM was arrested for “committing serious offences that undermine the integrity of government operations”.
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“There are several allegations levelled against the suspect, including unlawful possession, leakages of classified documents, cyber-related offences, and others,” the statement reads.
“We will do due diligence in carrying out a thorough investigation into the cases.”
A peek at PIDOM’s X feed shows that he supported the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest against economic hardship.
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On August 15, the handler had threatened to reveal how the proverbial “national cake” is shared.
“I know a lot of you are worried, waiting for the series and documents I promised to publish on How them share the cake’. Waiting for another independent source I engaged to equally verify same documents before action. I shall only feed you with facts that are incontrovertible,” he wrote.
“Nigeria is finished. I have with me a confidential document on how dem dey share d cake. Still verifying the authenticity. …..Loading.”
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