The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has officially taken Isaac Bristol, the man they believe to be the whistleblower journalist known as PIDOM, to court.
According to a court document obtained by FIJ, PIDOM has been charged with nine counts at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
“That you Bristol Tamunobifiri ‘M’ 41 years of No. 36 Hardy Avenue, Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria within this Honourable court sometime between June and July, 2024 within the jurisdiction of the Honourable transmitted an alleged classified document of the Federal Government of Nigeria by means of X handle @Pidomnigeria with username #99%opressed wherein you knowingly sent a false message to with: See the document below wherein Tinubu released the sum of N24, 143, 494, 567. 32 billion Naira to NAHCON Chairman through Shettima’s office. Because Nigerians didn’t react enough, they went back and increased it to a whopping Ninety Billion Naira. ‘Saraka’ for the men. Free money with the intentional of causing the breakdown of law and order and you hereby commit an offence contrary to section 24 (b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition and Prevention etc) Act 2015 as amended 2024, ” one of the counts read.
Count 1 of the charges read that Bristol “mobilized” and “solicited” support in order to “compel” the government to act or abstain from certain acts through the #EndBadGovernance protest.
Count 2 states that PIDOMNigeria disseminated false money-laundering allegations against President Bola Tinubu, while charges 3,4 and 5 state that he unlawfully obtained, retained and disseminated classified secret documents in contravention of the official Secret Act 1962.
Count 6, 7 and 8 allege that Bristol obtained moneys, “intentionally, knowingly or he ought to have known” that such funds were proceeds of, or part of a proceeds of an unlawful act, and is therefore, guilty of money-laundering.
Count 9 accuses PIDOMNigeria of destroying evidence that could have been used against him in court by destroying and trying to flush his Techno Phantom 6.
Source: FIJ
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