Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that anonymous people raised up to N9 billion to cause trouble in the country during #EndBadGovernance protest.
Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this statement at the Civil Space Guard conference in Abuja, organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in collaboration with the Kingdom of Netherlands.
According to the Police spokesperson, he stated that the protest which was held across the country to end bad governance was hijacked. He further noted that the protest was hijacked by foreign mercenaries.
He said, “We always get information. I made a statement on behalf of the IGP that foreign machineries would come. But because of trust deficit, people always think we lie when we say certain things.
“People were trying to protest and express their feelings to the government. Some people were trying to capitalise on that to get money. They actually got money — we are talking about N9 billion.
“I’m sure you are not aware that somebody got money. Because of that protest alone, people realised N9 billion and they actually disbursed the money to cause chaos in Nigeria.”