The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday disclosed that the Police have arrested some of the real sponsors of the protesters who hoisted Russian flags and called for a change of government in the country in states such as Kano, Kaduna, and Zamfara, among others.
Egbetokun spoke as the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, disclosed that the sponsors of the foreign flags by the protesters had been identified to live abroad.
This followed the Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Garba, disclosure that his command arrested no fewer than six Spanish nationals in connection with the protest.
Garba noted that the command also arrested 76 others, including the tailor sewing Russian flags, saying the command is on the trail of the sponsor.
“We have arrested six Spanish nationals and 76 others, including the tailor. We recovered 23 Russian flags, we are trailing the sponsor.
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“They have been transferred to Force Headquarters because it has to do with sedition and national security,” the CP stated
The protests in the North had turned violent as the youth took to destroying public property and called for the military to take over the country.
The military had already dismissed such calls and pledged to keep Nigeria’s democracy.
Meanwhile, Kano and Kaduna State Governments have already declared a curfew to quell the raging protesters.
“Since August 1, nobody has fired gunshots and we didn’t use force on innocent protesters. We only provided security for them. Even amid the protest, we have arrested several armed robbers, and criminal elements who stole and committed other offences,” Egbetokun and other security chiefs said in a joint media briefing.
Critics have already dismissed the claim and accused the military of using force on peaceful protesters.
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