The Nigeria Police Force has accused investigative journalist David Hundeyin and Michael Alade of being accomplices of Bristol Isaac, also known as PIDOMNigeria. PIDOMNigeria is facing charges of leaking classified documents, fraud, sedition, and tax evasion.
The Force Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said that the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) arrested PidomNigeria, a whistleblower, after he was linked to a series of alleged crimes, including conspiracy, breaches of the Official Secrets Act, and the leakage of classified documents.
During his arrest, PIDOMNigeria allegedly resisted, destroyed his phone, and flushed it down the toilet to avoid being identified.
Adejobi, who revealed this during a briefing on Tuesday, said the arrest followed a complaint from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), alleging that a restricted document on a sensitive national security issue was leaked and disseminated by an anonymous blogger using the Twitter handle @pidomnigeria.
