In a bid to stem the tide, the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) has placed sponsors of the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest on its watchlist.
It was gathered that the Comptroller-General of NIS, Kemi Nandap, made this known on Tuesday, shortly after a strategic meeting convened by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa.
In an apparent move to implement the crackdown order given by the President, Bola Tinubu, the Defence Chief and other heads of intelligence agencies as well as other heads of para-military agencies, held a closed-door meeting at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Nandap also said sponsors in the diaspora would also be arrested immediately they step foot into the country.
She said, “We have diaspora sponsors, they are on our watchlist. They are watchlisted, any attempt they make to come into the country, we’ll be notified and they will be picked up and handed to appropriate authority.”
The Immigration Boss said the Service has, in response to the protest, deployed more officers to borders, both land and airports, to ensure effective manning of those entry and exit points.
According to her, the Service has also stepped up surveillance to prevent foreign intervention in the country.
Also speaking with journalists, the Director-General Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, said the agency had uncovered some sponsors but declined to give further information.
Bichi, represented at the meeting by the DSS’ spokesman, Peter Afunanya, said some bank accounts have already been blocked, stressing that the persons operating such accounts are staying abroad and being monitored.