Nigeria: Investigation - Bayelsa Governor Forges End User Certificate to Procure N100 Million Hacking Tools

In addition to criminally hacking phones in Nigeria, the Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, may have forged sensitive national documents in the process of buying hacking solutions from Italian firm, Hacking Team, new information emerging from our ongoing investigations have revealed.

Investigators from the National Security Adviser's office are now seeking to unravel how Mr. Dickson imported high caliber cyber attack tools without an End User Certificate, a prerequisite for the purchase of international defence tools - including cyber defence and warfare.

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