As of Friday evening, September 4, 2026, a major political development has unfolded in Guyana: the official Facebook page of Team Mohamed, linked to opposition leader Azruddin Mohamed that boasted over 500,000 followers, has been permanently removed from the platform. This incident comes as Mohamed’s personal mobile devices remain in police custody, part of an ongoing investigation into allegations he operated an unauthorized drone near President Irfaan Ali’s private residence in Leonora, on the West Coast of Demerara. Details of the missing page were formally communicated to Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken by Mohamed’s legal representative, Attorney-at-Law Eusi Anderson.
In his official statement to the country’s top law enforcement official, Anderson confirmed that the Team Mohamed page, which was primarily managed via one of the mobile devices now held by the Guyana Police Force (GPF), was no longer searchable or accessible on Facebook as of 5:00 p.m. that same day. The attorney deliberately stopped short of directly accusing the police force of orchestrating the page’s deletion, but made clear that Mohamed had no role in removing the platform himself. Anderson emphasized that Mohamed did not access any account to modify, disable, or delete the page, and called the sudden disappearance a disturbing violation of his client’s constitutionally protected civil liberties that cannot be allowed to continue unchecked.
The Team Mohamed Facebook page served as a key digital outreach tool for Mohamed to advance the policy and political agenda of his We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, which secured its position as Guyana’s official main opposition following the 2025 general and regional elections held one year prior. In recent months, Mohamed had used the high-traffic page to publish a series of explosive corruption allegations targeting multiple sitting government ministers, as well as President Ali himself – a one-time close personal ally of the opposition leader. All named individuals have forcefully denied the accusations leveled against them.
Anderson has issued a formal demand to Commissioner Hicken for the immediate return of all seized personal property, which includes not just Mohamed’s two mobile phones, but also a child’s laptop, personal keys, a driver’s license, and other items. The attorney warned that prolonged detention of the electronic devices poses severe risks to the anonymous whistleblowers who shared sensitive information with Mohamed in his oversight role as opposition leader. Anderson explained that the devices store a wealth of confidential, evidence-rich materials, including documentary and video proof of what Mohamed claims is large-scale corruption and fraud perpetrated by senior public officials.
Should this evidence be tampered with, altered, or removed while in police custody, Anderson argued, Mohamed’s ability to fulfill his core constitutional duty of holding the sitting government accountable would be irreparably harmed. Unlike standard digital records, many of these materials are one-of-a-kind submissions from confidential sources, and cannot be recreated or replaced if lost.
The current tensions between Mohamed and President Ali mark a sharp break from their formerly close relationship, which deteriorated rapidly in June 2024. That year, the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Azruddin Mohamed and his father over allegations they evaded more than US$50 million in taxes owed to the Guyanese government, connected to smuggling of over 10,000 kilograms of untaxed gold. Today, the father-son pair are fighting an extradition request from the United States, where they face charges of money laundering, wire fraud, and mail fraud. To date, they have lost multiple legal challenges aimed at suspending or canceling ongoing extradition hearings in Guyana.