The Nigeria Police Force and Department of States Services (DSS), have denied reports that live bullets were used on #EndBadGovernance protesters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
This comes as president Bola Tinubumet with all heads of security agencies in the country on Monday, to review the state of the nation amid ongoing protests embarked upon by aggrieved Nigerians, which had turned violent in some parts of the country.
The situation in many northern cities had become precarious, with daily reports of violence since the protests against hardship and hunger began some five days ago countrywide.
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, who briefed newsmen at the end of the security meeting, described as a treasonable offence the hoisting of the Russian flag by protesters in some Nigerian towns.
Musa also ruled out the possibility of a coup to remove the democratically elected government of Tinubu, saying the military will frustrate any such undemocratic move.
On the Abuja-Kaduna road, soldiers and protesters, reportedly, clashed Monday as the national protest entered its fifth day.
At the same time, Kano State Government concluded plans to establish an independent judicial inquiry to investigate the shooting of protesters in the state. The government also expressed dissatisfaction with protesters, who, in their hundreds, hoisted Russian flags while protesting.
In Kaduna State, the state security council imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria metropolitan cities to avert further breakdown of law and order.
That was as hoodlums, under the guise of protest, attacked a branch of a commercial bank in Tudun Wada area of Kaduna, the state capital.
Despite the imposition of curfew in Plateau State, angry youths, Monday, stormed out to confront security agents at Dilimi area of Bauchi Road, in Jos North Local Government Area.
In his response to the violent protests in Gombe State, Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, Monday, presided over an emergency expanded security meeting to review the situation and develop a coordinated strategy to prevent further occurrence.
National Association of Seadogs (NAS), also known as Pyrates Confraternity, expressed concern over the wave of violence and brutality that accompanied the #EndBadGovernance protests, saying the alleged crackdown on protesters must be probed.
