Protests: Hoisting foreign flags in Nigeria treasonable — Tinubu
AS the nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance entered the fifth day yesterday, President Bola Tinubu summoned a National Security Council meeting where issues of security threats to the country were discussed. The security meeting which held at the President’s office at the State House Abuja, also looked into the new trend of protesters hoisting Russian flag in some states in the north. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the security meeting, the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, described as a treasonable offence the hoisting of Russia flags in the cities of Nigeria. The CDS also ruled out any possible coup to remove the democratically elected government, saying that the military would not allow any such attempt to succeed. Recall that some protesters in Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara and Plateau states have hoisted the Russian flags in the afore mentioned states from Saturday last week, but the Chief of Defence Staff said that those behind su...