The Nigeria Police Force has declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Bola Tinubu.
Addressing journalists in Abuj, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, accuses the British national of building a network of sleeper cells to cause chaos and topple the government.
He says following extensive intelligence gathering and collaboration with other security agencies, nine suspects have been apprehended, who received substantial financial backing from foreign sources to destabilise the country.
Adejobi also suggests that they orchestrated and funded violent protests, disseminated false information, and engaged in other unlawful activities to create anarchy and justify their illegal plot to overthrow the government.
By way of a rebuttal, the British national declared wanted by the Nigeria Police, Andrew Wynne, for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration, has denied the allegation.
Wynne, who spoke from his base in the United Kingdom, says he was not even aware he had been labelled a fugitive.
The rebuttal comes a few hours after the Nigeria Police placed a N20 million bounty on his head along with a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, who was described as an accomplice.
But Wynee declared that he could not have been scheming to destabilise the leadership of a country that accommodated him for 25 years.