The Federal Government has placed sponsors of the #nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest on its watchlist.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Services, NIS, Kemi Nandap, made this known at Defence Headquarters on Tuesday in Abuja.
The strategic meeting was convened by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa alongside heads of intelligence and security agencies with a view to implementing the crackdown order given by President Bola Tinubu.
Nandap stated that these individuals, who are in the diaspora, would be arrested upon their arrival in Nigeria.
She said “we have identified some diaspora sponsors, they are on our watch list.
“Any attempt they make to come into the country, we will be notified and they will be picked up and handed to appropriate authority”.
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.
She stressed that the agency has also stepped up surveillance to prevent foreign intervention in the country.
The Director-General Department of State Services, DSS, Yusuf Bichi, on his part, said the agency had unmasked some sponsors. But he declined giving further information.
Bichi, who was represented at the meeting by the DSS’ spokesman, Peter Afunanya, said some bank accounts had already been blocked.
He added that some of the persons operating the accounts are staying abroad and they were being monitored.
The briefing came a day after President Bola Tinubu met with the security chiefs on the security situation following the violence that broke out during the protests across the country.
