Footage from northern Nigeria shows Russian flags being waved during
anti government protests on Monday. And it's the reason
some tailors who made such flags have been detained.
The state's secret police have said the Department of State
Services wrote in a post on social media that it
had also detained some of the tailor's sponsors without elaborating
the Russian embassy in Nigeria denied any involvement. However
, the detentions underscore concerns about increased Russian activity in
West Africa. Russian flags have been waved by residents
of Burkina, Faso Mali and*** amid military coups
in those countries in Nigeria, hundreds of thousands have
been protesting since August 1 over economic hardships and crime
. And in the northern states of Borno Kaduna and
Katsina protesters have been seen waving hundreds of Russian flags
with some calling for a military takeover, the sovereignty
of Nigeria. Nigeria's Chief of Defense Staff, General
Christopher Moussa described the flying of foreign flags during anti
government protests as totally unacceptable. We will not accept
anybody, any individual flying any foreign flag in Nigeria
that is tr offense and it will be viewed and
treated as such. Security experts said many protesters believe
Nigeria's cost of living crisis is the result of reforms
dictated to President Bola Tanu by Western institutions such as
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The
protests have now largely faded after a deadly police crackdown --> .