Investigative blog Gistlover mocks police over false arrest

Popular investigative Instagram blog, Gistlover, has reacted to the false arrest publicized by the Nigeria Police Force.

In a statement released by the Police PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the command acting on a petition of Hon and Doctor Mrs Seye Oladejo, they have arrested three in connection with a case of Conspiracy, Cyberstalking, and threat to life.

According to Adejobi, the suspects namely Adebukola Kolapo Nnedum Micheal Somtomchukwu and Isaac Akpokighe, all male of ages 27, 25 and 30 respectively are members of a syndicate called Gistlover family, responsible for the daily running of the Gistlover blog.

However, in a post shared on Tunde Ednut's Instagram page, asking if indeed the police apprehended the blogger, Gistlover.

Responding to the call, Gistlover took to his comment section to break its silence and deny the arrest of the Nigerian police.

The faceless blogger wrote; "Happiness want wound shortput, iya eh Tunde, Awa wa ooo, ota lo jon, jingle bell jingle bell, jingle bell bell bell, una mind no go ever touch ground seh."

Gistlover's comment has since attracted over 10,000 comments, with many mocking the police over their failed attempt.

Read the statement released by the Police Command below;

Upon arrest the suspects revealed their various degrees of involvement in the conspiracy, corroborating the already available overwhelming evidences. The first suspect Adebukola Kolapo a.k.a Omo oba Gistlover was responsible for the creation of over 80 percent of the Gistlover pages thereby lending his digital footprint for the perpetration of the aforementioned criminal act. Being on the pay roll of the said platform and having enjoyed incentives like car gifts and monies, Adebukola was saddled with the responsibility of scouting, editing and captioning contents including the cyber stalking post made against the complainant, Hon. and Dr. Mrs Oluseyi Oladejo. Adebukola has also contributed in laundering monies gotten from the illegal scheme through various means.

In more developments, digital Forensic analysis led to the recovery of eight (8) gist lover pages created on the instruction of the head of the syndicate by Adebukola, and wallet addresses used in laundering these monies.

The Second suspect, One Nnedum Somtochukwu also shared in the conspiracy wherein at every point the page was taken down for certain infractions and violation of policies at the instance of reports from Law Enforcement Agencies, the suspect using his platform will by all means redirect traffic to the new page, helping the blog to evade sanctions.

Enjoying incentives like referrals for promotions from the head of the syndicate, Nnedum has also been found sharing contents, feed backs, and making defamatory remarks with the said head of the syndicate.

The Third suspect, Isaac Akpokighe a 30 years old male resident of Igando Lagos State unlike the duo above, is like hundreds of Nigerians whom having observed the lucrative nature of the Blackmailing, cyber stalking and false information market, decides to imitate the Gistlover blog. By so doing, he created several of such pages and mirrors the activities of the blog including reposting the defamatory and life-threatening post against the complainant and many other notable Nigerians. Digital forensics led to the recovery of four gistlover pages created by Isaac Apkokogho.''

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