The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has arrested popular blogger, Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman,
otherwise known as Abusidiqu, over a recent report he published against
the Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu.
Friends of the blogger who reached out to The PUNCH said he was arrested by the EFCC operatives early on Monday morning.
Confirming the arrest, the EFCC spokesman,
Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said the blogger was arrested for cyber stalking.
In a statement, Uwujaren said, “The EFCC,
today (Monday) arrested Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a blogger, for
offences bordering on cyber stalking. The suspect, who is the publisher
of Abusidiqu.com, was picked up at his Kubwa, Abuja, home in
the early hours of Monday August 8, 2016, by operatives of the EFCC and
is currently being questioned over the alleged offence which contravenes
sections of the Cyber Crime Act.
“The suspect has already been offered administrative bail and would be released to his elected sureties.”
Cyber stalking is defined as the
repeated use of electronic communications to harass or frighten someone
by sending threatening emails or spreading false messages online.
Usman’s blog, Abusidiqu.com, published a report titled, ‘EFCC boss, Magu, commences total war with core EFCC staff’ on August 2, 2016.
The report stated that members of staff at the EFCC were complaining that they were being bullied by Magu.
It stated that Magu was jittery about
the delay in his confirmation by the Senate and was beginning to take
his paranoia out on his subordinates.
According to the report, Magu is a front
for one Air Commodore Umar Muhammed, who is currently in the custody of
the Department of State Services.
It added that there were allegations
that Magu and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, both from
Borno State, had been diverting government funds for personal use.
Credit : Punch
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