Bola Tinubu on Monday met with his security chief where he expressed displeasure over the flying of Russian flags by protesters.
Amidst the continuation of hunger protests in parts of the country on the fifth day, President Bola Tinubu on Monday met with his security chiefs, including heads of paramilitary agencies, where he expressed displeasure over the flying of Russian flags by protesters. This came as the National Security Council took exception to the subliminal push…
President Tinubu, according to Presidency sources, told the service chiefs that the trend was totally unacceptable and should be curtailed immediately. The CDS labelled the protest as a riot, saying, “We briefed Mr. President on the situation on the ground and we know that since the riot started, all the security agencies, you can see all of us together. Initially, when the riot started, they said it was a peaceful protest, but we have realised that there are individuals willing to take advantage of it to cause mayhem.
“Democracy is what we stand for; democracy is what we will continue to defend. For those flying flags, and if you notice, a lot of them are kids being pushed to do that. “We’ve said that clearly that the military is going to step in when it is out of hand, and you can see that for people supervising elements to push individuals to carry Russian flags in Nigeria, Nigerian sovereignty, that is crossing the red line, and we will not accept that. And those who have done that will go in for the books and will be prosecuted.”
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