In the northern states of Borno, Kadun, Kano and Katsin, protesters waved hundreds of Russian flags, and some called for a military coup.
In Nigeria, several tailors were detained for making Russian flags for anti-government protests. Reuters reported this in connection with the Nigerian state secret police.
Several “sponsors” of the tailors are also in jail, the investigation is ongoing.
Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, General Christopher Musa, called the hanging of a foreign flag during anti-government protests by “state treason” after he held negotiations with President Bola Tinuba on Security.
“We have identified those who sponsored them, and we will take serious measures against it,” Musa said.
As you know, hundreds of thousands of Nigerians protested from August 1 against the painful economic reforms of Tinub, which led to a partial elimination of subsidies for fuel and electricity, the devaluation of the currency and inflation , which reached a thirty-year-old maximum. The protests are winding down after an acceleration by the police.
In the northern states of Borno, Kadun, Kano and Katsin, protesters waved hundreds of Russian flags, and some called for a military coup.
“We are waving the Russian flag, because the government of Tinube does not listen to us. Russian presidents always support the development of African countries, unlike other countries,” the 28-year-old protester from Cano Laval Kodo said.
The Russian Embassy in Nigeria denied its involvement in the events.
“The Government of the Russian Federation, as well as any Russian official does not participate in these events and does not in any way coordinate them,” the Russian Embassy said.
It is noted that the protests in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, are taking place against the backdrop of growing Western anxiety about Russia’s security relationship in the field of regional security, including countries such as Mali, Burkina -Faso and Niger, where military leaders seized power as a result of coups and formed the coups and formed the Military Alliance.
It will be remembered that the African country of Niger has announced that it is breaking diplomatic relations with Ukraine because of its alleged “support of terrorist groups.”
Earlier with Ukraine, Mali broke off diplomatic relations.
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