#EndBackGovernanceProtest: Police Arrest 31 Nigeria Producers And Distributors Of Russia Flags In Kano, Kaduna

The Nigerian Police Force has arrested 31 persons for producing and distributing Russian flags and calling for anarchy.

Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said 30 persons were arrested in Kaduna while one person, who was recruiting persons for distribution of the flags, was arrested in Kano.

Adejobi also said that as of today, Monday, the number of persons arrested “who are not protesters but criminal elements, rioters” in connection with the #Endbadgovernance protest, are 873, up from 861 at the weekend.

He spoke during the joint press briefing of spokespersons of security and response agencies at the headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS.

Adejobi said, “What we are having in the country right now are protests, demonstrations, and riots.

#EndBackGovernanceProtest: Police Arrest 31 Nigeria Producers And Distributors Of Russia Flags In Kano, Kaduna

“Those arrested are rioters, armed robbers, looters, and criminal elements. The arrest of criminal elements should not be described as arrest of protesters.

“Those arrested so far across the country are criminally-minded persons, looters engaged in criminal offences such as vandalization and destruction of public and critical infrastructure. “So we should use the appropriate description for them, they are not protesters.

“Again, we have been able to arrest some individuals who were calling for some fashion at who engage themselves in what I call treasonable felony.

“To carry the flags of a foreign country on a sovereign land is a criminal offense. We have arrested them.

Just this morning, we arrested one Ahmed Tailor from Kano, in Kano local government area, for producing a large quantity of Russian flags giving them to young Nigerians to go and fly for reasons best known to him.

“We are profiling him. We want to get other sponsors like him. As I speak with you, the same thing has happened in Kaduna.

“We’ve been able to arrest 30 of them with the same Russian flags and don’t want us to believe that for now, at this stage, we are still having a protest.

“The undertones of this protest, based on our intelligence before it commenced on 1 August 2024, have begun to manifest.

“Because I don’t think #endbadgovernance peaceful protest should generate to a level where a foreign country’s flag will be flown in Nigeria.

“And it’s spreading from one state to another and to another place. Are we still having a protest? That is a big question for all of you.