APC Gombe governorship candidate Gwamna petitions police, INTERPOL over alleged online attacks

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaigner successful Gombe State, Dr Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna, has formally petitioned the Inspector-General of Police implicit what helium describes arsenic a coordinated run of cyberbullying, transgression defamation and fake quality allegedly orchestrated to harm his estimation up of the 2027 governorship election.

Highly placed sources acquainted with the petition disclosed that Gwamna requested an contiguous probe by the Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre, with the engagement of INTERPOL, pursuing quality suggesting that immoderate of those down the online attacks whitethorn beryllium operating from extracurricular Nigeria.

The petition reportedly names respective societal media accounts accused of publishing mendacious claims that the APC campaigner had been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), allegations which Gwamna categorically denies.

According to the sources, the petition describes the publications arsenic a cautiously coordinated disinformation run designed to mislead the public, harm his estimation and manipulate nationalist cognition astatine a clip erstwhile his governmental illustration and grassroots enactment proceed to turn crossed Gombe State.

The petition reportedly urges the Police to get subscriber information, IP logs and different integer ...