#EndBadGovernance Protests: FG Moves To Arrest Diaspora Sponsors

By Peters Monday, Abuja

The Nigerian government has announced that it has placed sponsors of the #EndBadGovernance protests in the diaspora on a watch list, and they will be arrested upon entering the country.

Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, made this known during a combined news conference by heads of security agencies and Service Chiefs at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.

Nandap stated that the NIS has identified some diaspora sponsors and placed them on a watch list, and they will be picked up and handed to the appropriate authority if they attempt to enter the country.

The immigration boss also revealed that the service has deployed more officers to borders and airports to ensure effective manning of entry ports and stepped up surveillance to prevent foreign intervention in the country.

Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, disclosed that the police have uncovered some sponsors, blocked their accounts, and are working to identify more individuals behind the funding of the protest.

The Director General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, represented by Peter Afunanya, confirmed that the service is monitoring those concerned and working with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit to identify more persons behind the funding of the protest.

The briefing came a day after President Bola Tinubu met with security chiefs to discuss the security situation following the violence that broke out during the protests across the country.