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Concerns are growing across social media about the disappearance of an anonymous whistleblower, PIDOM Nigeria, who has been reported missing by a fellow investigative journalist, David Hundeyin.

Hundeyin suspects foul play and has shared his concerns on PIDOM’s , alleging that PIDOM’s disappearance is connected to Nigerian authorities.

Pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, has also spoken out, calling for PIDOM’s immediate release.

In a post on social media on Friday, Sowore wrote, “I woke up to the heart-wrenching report of the abduction and secret detention of whistleblower and undercover journalist #PIDOMNIGERIA by forces related to the #officialABAT; going by the modus operandi of the regime, #PIDOMNIGERIA could be harmed if everything is not done to secure his release immediately.

“I, therefore, request the #officialABAT regime Gestapo unit holding #PIDOMNIGERIA to release him or her immediately. The same applies to all #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters illegally or extralegally detained across Nigeria.”

In an article titled “SOS Alert: PIDOM NIGERIA Is Missing (And I Think We May Know Who Has Him),” which Hundeyin shared on PIDOMNIGERIA’s late Thursday, he explained how his routine check of direct messages from PIDOMNIGERIA led to the unsettling discovery.

He claimed that he received a message from PIDOMNIGERIA’s , supposedly sent by a close associate, claiming that PIDOMNIGERIA had been arrested on August 5 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and subsequently transferred to the Force Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja, where he remains under the control of the National Cybercrime Centre.

“According to this unidentified person, PIDOM’s instructions to him/her were that if anything were to happen to him, the details of his should be handed over to me.

“Supposedly, his phone was destroyed during the arrest, and given the alleged lack of evidence tying him to the Twitter handle, a case for his innocence could be made stronger if I used his and tweeted in his voice. Supposedly, this person said he had been granted istrative bail with ‘stringent conditions,'” Hundeyin wrote.

In the “Police istrative Bail Condition” document dated August 15, which Hundeyin provided, it was alleged that #PIDOMNIGERIA, identified as Bristol Isaac, was being detained by the Nigerian police for committing computer-related fraud.

Hundeyin went further to explain how the person claiming to be PIDOMNIGERIA’s close associate provided incorrect details to PIDOM’s Twitter , which raised his suspicions of government-led involvement as he believed that a trusted associate should have provided accurate information.

Hundeyin said he accused the person of working for the government and demanded proof of identity via video within five minutes, threatening to go public otherwise.

The person reportedly responded with voice notes from individuals claiming to be PIDOM’s family , pleading for secrecy and promising correct details.

However, the subsequent attempt also failed. Eventually, a Twitter worked, granting Hundeyin access to PIDOM’s .

To secure the , Hundeyin said he changed the and set up new multi-factor authentication, logging out any other s.

Following these, Hundeyin said he experienced attempts to hack into one of his WhatsApp s, which he believed was a sophisticated attempt to compromise his security and gain control over PIDOM’s , further fueling his suspicions of government involvement.

Despite their professional relationship, Hundeyin stated that he and PIDOMNIGERIA never met in person, with PIDOM taking measures to protect his identity.

Hundeyin now fears for PIDOM’s safety, suspecting he may be in grave danger or even deceased.

He called for public awareness and action towards PIDOM’s disappearance, emphasising the need to expose what he alleged is a government attempt to silence a whistleblower.

“If indeed my friend PIDOM has been killed, I want the world to know what happened and who was responsible for it. I will not be silent about it. Nigerians must know. Even if as usual, they will do nothing about it, they must know. If not for our sake, then for our children. If not for them, then for their children. Or maybe their children after them.

“And on the off-chance that PIDOM NIGERIA is still alive and in the custody of the Nigerian government, I also want the Nigerian people to know. This is what your gratuitously-extracted taxes are funding in our country,” Hundeyin wrote.

With over 265,000 followers, #PIDOMNIGERIA’s absence has sparked concern among the Nigerian online community, prompting a trending campaign calling for his release.

The hashtags #PIDOM, #FreePidom, #WhereisPidom, among others are also trending online.

https://punchng.com/concerns-mount-as-anonymous-whistleblower-pidomnigeria-reported-missing/

Oh boy. The bail condition is almost impossible to fulfil. I guess Obidients will start another protest since PidomNigeria is one of them.

Kobicove:
If they could pick him up it means he's not so anonymous

Nobody is really anonymous. When dem get that person time, dem go catch am.

Omor this is fucking serious

From like 99years from now all of us is gone.

Let it sink

Nothing is impossible in Nigeria

God wey abandon us go Tanzania abi na Zimbabwe know wassup 😏
This country dungeon is currently on autopilot 😔

Tinubu

no longer anonymous I see

The anonymous guy could.be tracked but bandits displaying on social media could not be tracked

Kushites:
IS HE ONE OF THESE EMERGENCY NIGERIAN IPOB OBIDIENTS WHO GO ONLINE TO TRASH NIGERIA?

IF SO PLEASE DETAIN HIM, AND FIND MORE OF THEM, AND LOCK THEM UP, PLUS SEVERE BEATING ON TOP.

WORTHLESS ANIMALS.

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There'll be life after Apc/Tinubu and it will never be funny for you all.

You'll regret the day you defend a drug baron

Whistle blower?

Lmao

The bastard is a blackmailer, fake news merchant, a senseless zo mbidients hackactivis that thought he was invincible.

I think David hundeyin is the one running the all along and he is still trying to paint a picture of Nigeria government is after him so he can get the asylum he is seeking.

I don't trust that criminal.

opamoses1:
Oh boy. The bail condition is almost impossible to fulfil. I guess Obidients will start another protest since PidomNigeria is one of them.

You think this is about obedients? It maybe you tomorrow or your loved one

HERE WE GO!!!
Allegedly In police net

Notorious @PIDOMNIGERIA with hallmarks of

- Spreads fake news
- Sows division
- Manipulates emotions
- Undermines trust
- Disregards truth
- Exploits vulnerabilities

He has been given an option of grant bail with 500M naira and must come with anyone who owns landed property in Abuja and must be a Level 16 civil servant that has been working for Federal government for 20 years and above.

https://x.com/adex_smithjr/status/1826926336645931220?t=xWPnUHE7GYcLlHpRcI0ghA&s=08

Hmmm

Nigeria is running a military form of democracy.

In this country Your freedom isn't guaranteed after Speech ..

Social media has turned people into another thing entirely

Dem don catch breeze. Breeze don dey enjoy fresh breeze for detention 🤣🤣🤣

If they could pick him up it means he's not so anonymous

I thought police bail is free

I can see a lot of APC rats gloating over his incarceration
I really don't blame you guys but Jonathan who was forming democrat
If he had locked you guys up with sex starved gay men in 2014 when you were all over the internet, raining insults, fake news and defamation against his govt, and left those gay men to part the red sea on your bum bum, a lot of you will have received sense by now about why it's wrong to tyranny simply because your opponent is the victim

Good. All these small boys posting fake defamatory news all over the social media. This is the payback time. Thought you said you are anonymous and invincible . Body go tell you soon.

Nothing concern me but E dey mind

seunmsg:
Dem don catch breeze 🤣

Get lost

Cindypresh:


Get lost

E pain am

seunmsg:


E pain am

Enter lagoon

Cindypresh:
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There'll be life after Apc/Tinubu and it will never be funny for you all.

You'll regret the day you defend a drug baron

YOU HATE 'DRUG BARON' YET YOUR ETHNIC GROUP S FOR 99% OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS ON THE ENTIRE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

FCKING DEMONS.

COME ON GET LOST!

IDIAAT.

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APC is notorious for kidnapping, they are not different from bandits.

Legal kidnappers

Subversion is not part of your rights. If you are one the people making Russian flags for protesters for example, the authorities are right to invite you for a little rendezvous.