As demonstrations continue across the country to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, Naija News brings you the latest update on the protest and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s effort to end the nationwide rally.
Police Arrest Foreign Nationals Sponsoring Protest With Russian Flag
The Nigerian Police have announced the arrest of foreign nationals reportedly sponsoring protests with the Russian flag in some northern parts of the country.
Naija News reports that the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests against hardship and hunger took a twist over the weekend, with protesters in some Northern states holding up the Russian flag as they chanted “Tinubu must go”.
Reactions have since trailed the development, with human rights activists and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, like Femi Falana, and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Christopher Mustapha, describing the act as a treasonable offence.
President Bola Tinubu has also frowned at it and ordered a crackdown on protesters using Russian flags.
The Kano State police commissioner, Salman Garba, after a security meeting with Governor Abba Yusuf on Tuesday, disclosed that the foreign sponsors of the protest have been apprehended.
Court Extends Restriction Of Protests To Two Venues In Lagos
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, on Tuesday, extended an earlier order restricting protesters in the state to Freedom and Peace Pack in the Ojoto and Ketu areas of the state.
The presiding judge, Justice S.I. Sonaike gave the order following an application by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Lawal Pedro, SAN, for an extension order, having complied with the pre-action protocols for preemptive remedies ordered last week by another vacation judge, Justice Emmanuel Ogundare.
Pedro, who was represented in court by the Director for Civil Litigations, Mr Hameed Oyenuga, told the court on Tuesday that service of the earlier court order had been served on all the respondents in compliance with the pre-action protocols for pre-emptive reliefs sought by the AG against the representatives of the protesters.
Organisers Suspend #EndBadGovernance Protest In Lagos
Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest in Lagos state, have suspended the exercise, to evaluate the progress of the protest and re-strategise.
According to Daily Trust, one of the organizers of the protest in the state, Comrade Hassan Taiwo Soweto, however, said protesters would not succumb to threats from any security operatives.
Soweto was reacting to a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, who said the protest had been outlawed in any part of the state.
Fayoade, had in an interview late Monday, said the ongoing #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest had been called off in view of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speech on Sunday.
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