Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has revealed that N9 billion was disbursed to cause chaos in the country during the #EndBadGovernance protests.
Gatekeepers News reports that spokesman of the force, Muyiwa Adejobi made the revelation during civil Space Guard conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
The conference tagged ‘AI, Free Press & Civil Space: Tools, Challenges and Future of Investigative Reporting’, was organised by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).
Adejobi noted that before the #EndBadGovernance protest, police had warned that the demonstration would be hijacked by foreign mercenaries but people didn’t believe the force due to the trust deficit in the country.
Adejobi said the police “intercepted” conversation about how some persons were “planted” to cause violence during the nationwide protests held in August.
The spokesman detailed how police received intelligence and traced Andrew Wynne, a Briton, to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja.
He said, “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.”
Adejobi further revealed that the force is training 10,000 recruits on media literacy, civic engagement, and behavioural change.
