Polish Government Announce: six Polish students with Russian flags were detained in Nigeria
A representative of the Polish ministry of foreign affairs has revealed that six Polish students were among the people detained in Nigeria for flying Russian flags during the on-going unrest in the country. An interlocutor of the polish ministry is quoted as saying “In Kano state of Nigeria, six Polish citizens, students, were detained during anti-government protests,” According to him, the Polish consular service, is in contact with the Nigerian authorities on the matter.
Nigerian law enforcement officials have earlier announced that there were foreign nationals among the protesting citizens who were seen waving Russian flags during the protest in the northern states.
A representative of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that the detained Polish citizens were students of African studies, of the University of Warsaw, who were in Nigeria for academic purposes. They are currently in custody, the ministry’s interlocutor added.
When the incidence was first reported, the Russian Embassy in Nigeria announced that Russia does not interfere in the internal affairs of other states, including Nigeria. Stating that the decision of protesters to wave the Russian flag and chant pro-Russian slogans is their personal choice.
Large scale protest broke out in Nigeria due to the worsening economic situation of the country. The protest which began on August 1, under #EndBadGovernance banner, have been particularly intense in the largest northern states of Kano, Kaduna and Borno. In these states, some groups of protesters were seen waving the flags of the Russian federation and bearing aloft the portraits of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
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