Hunger protest FG places sponsors on watch list

Federal Government has placed sponsors of the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests on a

watch list.

The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Services, Kemi Nandap, who disclosed this at

Defence Headquarters on Tuesday in Abuja, spoke at a strategic meeting convened by the Chief of

Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa.


She said the persons, who are in the Diaspora, would be arrested immediately they step into the

country, adding that the Defence Chief and heads of intelligence and security agencies were in a

closed-door meeting with a view to implementing the crackdown order given by President Bola

Tinubu.

According to her, the Immigration Service has, in response to the protests, deployed more officers

to land borders and airports to ensure effective manning of the country’s entry and exit points,

stressing that the agency has also stepped up surveillance to prevent foreign intervention in the

country.

The Director-General Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, on his part, said the agency had

unmasked some sponsors. But he declined giving further information, and was represented at the

meeting by the DSS’ spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who said some bank accounts had already been

blocked, adding that some of the persons operating the accounts

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