BREAKING: Court grants Isaac Bristol ‘PIDOMNigeria’ N5 million bail

Court grants Isaac Bristol ‘PIDOMNigeria’ N5 million bail

Bristol Issac Tamunobifiri, popularly known by his X name PIDOM Nigeria, has been granted bail.

Justice Emeka Nwite granted Bristol N5 million bail with one surety in like sum.

Justice Nwite gave the ruling in response to a motion on notice submitted by Deji Adeyanju, who led Bristol’s team of lawyers.

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The motion on notice is a formal request to the court to take a specific action or make a particular decision.

In this case, Adeyanju’s team filed the motion, and Justice Nwite delivered a ruling, which is a judicial decision made by a judge after considering the arguments and evidence presented.

Nwite also ruled that the defendant must deposit his passport with the court.

The court ruled that the surety must be resident in Abuja and depose to an affidavit of means. The surety must also provide evidence of three years’ tax clearance with two passport-sized photographs.

PIDOM was arraigned on Friday, September 27, on a nine-count charge filed against him by the Inspector-General of Police at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Afew weeks ago, Justice Emeka Nwite, the judge presiding over the arraignment of Bristol, denied him bail.

Recall that police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi had said PIDOM “illegally” accessed restricted data and posted directives from the office of the IGP.

The police spokesperson also claimed that the defendant raised funds to sponsor cyberterrorism.

Adejobi said PIDOM was apprehended in connection with “criminal conspiracy, offences against the Official Secrets Act, leakage of classified restricted documents, acts likely to cause a breach of the public peace, sedition, fraud, and tax evasion”.