Investigative journalist David Hundeyin has revealed the reason the Nigeria Police Force declared him an accomplice in the trial of whistleblower Isaac Tamunobifiri, aka PIDOM.
Hundeyin, speaking in an interview with News Central Television on Wednesday, said it was not unrelated to truth-telling in an administration that regards it as an affront, frantic attempts to involve him in a criminal investigation to discredit his international refugee status, and placing him on an Interpol notice list, among other things.
The writer further alleged that in 2023, the National Intelligence Agency made many attempts to abduct him from outside for exposing the wrongs of several high governmental functionaries, adding that the attempts were in Ghana and Kenya before he moved to the United Kingdom for safety.
“There were several attempts by the National Intelligence Agency to abduct me. They also tried to render me stateless. I even tried to change my country twice. There was an attempt to abduct me from Ghana, then I had to move to Kenya, and when they came for me in Kenya, I ran to the United Kingdom.
“This is part of the price that you have to pay when you decide to say the truth at the time it wasn’t fashionable to do so, especially in a regime that sees truth-telling as an affront or threat to it,” he stressed.
When asked if he knew he was declared an accomplice in PIDOM’s trial, Hundeyin said he had always planned for it, which is why he decided to go public, especially after investigating how the whistleblower X handle reached out to him and the scenarios that led the handler to give him access to the account.
When asked if he knew he was declared an accomplice in PIDOM’s trial, Hundeyin said he had always planned for it, which is why he decided to go public, especially after investigating how the whistleblower X handle reached out to him and the scenarios that led the handler to give him access to the account.
“And just like I guess, truth to form, they named me a suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation for the purpose of creating a narrative basis possibly to put me on an Interpol notice list, which makes it more difficult for me to travel, essentially to make the world feel like they are closing in on me. And as you know, getting hold of David Hundeyin is one of the most important security priorities of the Nigerian establishment. It doesn’t matter that you have terrorists flaunting ransom on TikTok,” he added.
On the situation of PIDOM, Hundeyin said that the suspect was sprayed with a harmful substance in FCID confinement and has been having extreme difficulties breathing since then, emphasising, “He cannot breathe properly; you can hear it in his voice.”
Clearly, there is something wrong with him.” Remember that Hundeyin and Michael Alade are Bristol Isaac’s (PIDOM Nigeria) accomplices.
PIDOMNigeria was accused of leaking confidential and restricted documents, fraud, sedition, and tax evasion, among other charges.
ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force Spokesperson, told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that PIDOM was arrested following a plea from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Adejobi further claimed that when National Cybercrime Centre agents stormed PIDOM’s hotel, he resisted arrest, shut himself up, destroyed his phone, and flushed it down the toilet.
Previously, PIDOM was reminded in the Kuje Correctional Facility in Abuja.
The Inspector General of Police charged PIDOM on Tuesday with nine counts, including alleged money laundering, cybercrime, and distributing sensitive secret documents.
