The Nigeria Police Drive has issued a stern blackmail towards the show of overseas flags all the way through protests and requires an army coup.
The police stated such movements are treasonable felonies beneath Nigerian regulation.
This remark follows contemporary violent protests in Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, and Katsina States, the place demonstrators have been obvious brandishing overseas flags.
In step with a remark exempted via the Drive Nation Family members Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, by the use of X on Tuesday, the Inspector Basic of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, emphasized the gravity of those movements, pointing out, “The use of foreign flags during protests and openly calling for a military takeover of the government is a capital offence under Nigerian law.”
The remark stated that police investigations have discovered that some protest organisers are at the back of those actions.
The remark stated, “Evidence shows that these sponsors have paid significant sums to exploit the hardship protests, brainwashing, and misleading innocent children into aiding this campaign against the government.”
Over 90 suspects were arrested, together with tailors enthusiastic about generating the flags and their sponsors. The police are actively pursuing others believed to be investment those “treasonable acts.”
Adejobi stated, “The display of foreign flags and calls for a military takeover constitutes a clear treasonable offence, revealing the motives of protest organisers to destabilise Nigeria’s democratic government.”
In accordance with the continued condition, Egbetokun has deployed Deputy Inspectors Basic of Police, DIGs Bala Ciroma and Bello Makwashi, to supervise operations within the affected Northwest and Northeast zones.
The police have additionally warned Nigerian youthful to be wary of people and teams turning protests into trade ventures, funded via native or overseas sponsors aiming to destabilise the rustic.
Future acknowledging that tensions have eased following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cope with on August 4, the police famous that some teams proceed to have interaction in subversive campaigns within the mode of violent and illegal protests.
“Some groups persist in subversive campaigns in the form of violent and unlawful protests, characterised by the destruction of public infrastructure and private property, looting, display of foreign flags, and calls for a military takeover. These individuals and groups will be treated as subversive agents and charged accordingly,” the remark stated.
The police expressed gratitude to voters who kept away from collaborating in those protests and people who withdrew when demonstrations became violent.