The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has declared one Andrew Wynne, a British citizen, and a Nigerian, Lucky Ehis Obiyan, wanted over alleged plot to facilitate “regime change” in the country.
The police declared both of them wanted during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday.
Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, accused Wynne of building a “network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation into chaos”.
Adejobi said the Briton rented a space at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for “Iva Valley Bookshop and established STARS of Nations Schools as a cover for his subversive activities”.
“Documentary evidence and confessions revealed that Andrew Wynne issued directives, monitored progress, provided finance and operational guidance to achieve unconstitutional regime change in Nigeria,” the force spokesperson said.
“He mobilized and deployed several billions of naira to his Nigerian collaborators, urging them to mobilize the public to violently storm police facilities and military barracks, anticipating a bloodbath that will instigate international condemnation of the Nigerian government.
“These acts are in clear violation of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011 and other relevant laws.”
Adejobi said Wynne has been placed on global surveillance after fleeing the country since investigations began.
“Since the commencement of investigations, Andrew Wynne has fled the country. He and one of his local coordinators, one Lucky Ehis Obiyan have accordingly been declared wanted and global hunting for them has commenced in connection with this investigation,” he said.
The force spokesperson added that nine #EndBadGovernance protesters were arraigned today over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime.
On August 7, police officers raided the Labour House in the Central Business District of Abuja.
The NLC had said the operatives on the search operation “claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGovernance protests”.
The raid took place amid a 10-day nationwide protest against the pervasive economic hardship in the country which kicked off on August 1.
The NLC had said the operatives who raided the building “claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGovernance protests.”
