The messages are coming from short code 40404, and reportedly the social network fails to honor replies of unsubscribe and stop.

An exact date for the change hasn’t been given, but the company says it will happen “over the next few months.”

The defendants face charges over an attack on a police station in Minya on August 14, 2013, in which policemen were killed.

Abdullah said he was severing ties with the Independent Election Commission and would refuse to recognize any results it releases.