An investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, clarified the reasons behind the Nigeria Police Force declaration that tagged him as an accomplice in the trial of whistleblower Isaac Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM.

Hundeyin, who spoke in an interview with News Central Television on Wednesday, said it was not unconnected to truth-telling in an administration that sees that as an affront, frantic attempts to involve him in the criminal investigation to discredit his international refugee status, and put him on an Interpol notice list, among others.

The journalist also claimed that in 2023, the National Intelligence Agency made several attempts to abduct him from overseas for exposing the ills of some top 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 a regime that sees truth-telling as an affront or threat to it,” he stressed.

Speaking on whether he knew he was declared an accomplice in PIDOM’s trial, Hundeyin said he had always prepared for it, which is why he decided to go public, especially after examining the way the whistleblower X handle reached out to him and the scenarios that made the handler give him access to the account.

Earlier, PIDOM was reminded in Kuje correctional facility, Abuja.

PIDOM was arraigned on Tuesday on nine counts brought against him by the Inspector General of Police, including alleged money laundering, cybercrime, and disseminating classified secret documents.