Isaac Bristol, a Rivers-based resident arrested by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), has accused the police of stealing his crypto wallet address and login details.
Bristol made this claim in a written statement obtained by FIJ. In it, he stated that he was sure the police had stolen his wallet address and login details when they went to arrest him at Osmosis Hotel in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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“My wallet address, email loggings and recovery phrase were written down on small jotter, which I can not find anymore because it was stolen by the police who came to arrest me,” he said in the statement.
“I knew that the police stole those things because they were the last people that encountered me and packed my property from the hotel room where I was arrested. I did not resist arrest.
“I destroyed my phone because the police who arrested me dressed like kidnappers; they were not wearing uniforms.”
He also denied using his cryptocurrency wallet for illicit transactions, saying he traded strictly online.
“I have not used my crypto currency dealings for any illicit activity to the best of my knowledge,” he said. “I basically transact my crypto trade online. I do not know the people I transact with physically. I do my crypto transactions basically on telegram.”
FIJ published a report on Tuesday where Isaac Bristol had denied being PIDOM Nigeria.
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“I do not know any name called PIDOM NIGERIA and as such, I do not have any association or connection whatsoever with the aforementioned name,” he said.
An earlier report by FIJ also revealed how Justice Emeka Nwite, the judge presiding over his case, denied him bail and ordered him to be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre until September 23.
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