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Isaac Bristol, a whistleblower popularly known as PIDOM, the alleged owner and operator of @pidomnigeria and 99%oppressed on X, was arraigned on nine counts charges bordering on money laundering, cybercrime, and unlawfully obtaining, retaining and disseminating classified official secret documents by the police before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday.
PIDOM who was docked before Justice Emeka Nwite, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Following his not guilty plea, his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, applied for bail, a request which was objected to by the prosecution’s counsel.
Justice Nwite adjourned to September 23 to rule on the bail application after listening to the submissions of the lawyers.
The Judge, however, ordered that PIDOM should be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre pending the adjourned date.
Police had in one of the nine count charges accused of PIDOM mobilising and soliciting support to unduly compel the government to act or abstain from certain acts through the #EndBadGovernance protest.
He was also accused of levelling false money-laundering allegations against President Bola Tinubu and unlawfully obtaining, retaining and disseminating classified secret documents in contravention of the official Secret Act 1962.
In another charge, police accused PIDOM of tampering with evidence by destroying his Techno Phantom X phone and attempting to flush it down the water system of the hotel where he was arrested.