Bad governance protest: Nigerian government arrests seven Polish citizens
The Nigerian Government has arrested seven Polish citizens over their suspected roles in the brandishing of Russian flags in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, in the ongoing nationwide bad governance in the country.
Penpushing reports that the State Security Service (SSS), spokesperson Peter Afunanya, confirmed the arrests of the Polish citizens but said Polish citizens were not being targeted, adding that the suspects were arrested as part of efforts to enforce security in Kano, where anti-government protests have gone violent and curfew has been imposed.
The Polish Consul to Nigeria Stanislaw Gulinski was also quoted, as confirming the arrests at a meeting he and other diplomats had with Nigeria’s foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, just as it is recalled that there were display of Russian flags by some protesters in northern Nigerian cities such as Kano and Kaduna.
Penpushing also reports that in an interview, some of the protesters who carried the flags declared that they did so to spite the Nigerian government, which they accuse of implementing policies that have worsened the economic situation for millions of citizens.
The Nigerian government in reaction, however, described the display of foreign flags and the calls for military coup by some protesters as treason, emphasizing such individuals would be arrested and face full wrath of the law.
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