EFCC Releases Blogger, Abusidiq,

An Abuja-based political blogger and publisher of Abusidiqu.com, Abubakar Sidiq, who was in the early hours of Monday, August 8, 2016, arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a reported publication on his website, has been released.

The anti-graft agency, EFCC later released a statement on Monday, on the reason why it arrested the blogger which caused an uproar online. Read and see more photos after cut...


"The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today arrested Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a blogger, for offences bordering on cyber stalking.

"The suspect has already been offered administrative bail and would be released to his elected sureties," a statement from EFCC read in part.

The lawyer to the politicial blogger, Michael Bello, has confirmed that his client has been released after spending more than 36 hours in EFCC custody for 'alleged cyberstalking.'

He added that Abubakar Usman was released on 'an administrative bail' with conditions that 'he must make himself available to the EFCC whenever he received an invitation to such effect.'