Photo caption: PIDOMNIGERIA on X.com
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 X.com account, 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 X.com 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 X.com account 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 account, 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.
