Nigerian Government Calls New York Policemen On Anti-Buhari Protesters

Personnel of the New York Police Division have been deployed on the Nigerian Home, Kudirat Abiola Nook, Manhattan, on Friday night after members of the Yoruba Nation and the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra protested in opposition to the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

A report by Tribune said that the protesters shouted on anybody perceived to be a authorities official, giving the detachment of legislation enforcement officers a tough time to maintain the group in verify.

They have been stated to have hounded the International Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, one in every of his predecessors in workplace, Babagana Kingibe, and the Director-Normal of the Nationwide Intelligence Company (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, from leaving the premises.

The protesters have been initially calm as they protested alongside pro-Buhari protesters on the other facet of the street for more often than not.

The protesters accused these on the authorities constructing of being aiders and abetters of Fulani herdsmen who they accused of killing members of different tribes within the nation.

It was learnt that Nigerian safety brokers and members of workers on the Consulate confronted the protesters, nearly leading to a brawl.

Nonetheless, the police rapidly arrived and created a wood cordon across the entrance of the constructing.

They thereafter prevailed on the protesters to take care of their distance behind the cordon as they continued to specific their anger on the state of the nation.

They carried banners with numerous inscriptions together with: “Break up Nigeria to avoid wasting lives, Buhari is a life patron of Fulani terrorists, Fulani pose an existential risk to indigenous sub-Saharan Africans”, “Fulani are terrorists, Free Sowore, drop all prices in opposition to him”, “Cease giving loans to the Nigerian authorities, Finish Fulani terrorism in Nigeria.”

SaharaReporters had earlier reported that two Nigerian teams with conflicting ideologies confronted one another in New York over the President’s go to.

The teams had converged on the Nigerian Home on forty second Road, 2nd Avenue, airing opposing views in regards to the problems with insecurity in Nigeria and its unity.

The One Nigeria group members carried placards on which have been written, “Stronger collectively”, “Unity in variety”, “Genocide in Japanese Nigeria plain propaganda”, “Nigerians need nationwide unity, not secession”, “Nigerian Christians not targets of genocide or ethnic cleaning”.

They have been, nonetheless, opposed by some anti-Buhari protesters who had been organising protests for days calling for a referendum to determine the destiny of the nation.

The protesters who’re calling for self-determination alleged that the members of the One Nigeria Group have been “pretend” Nigerians employed to hold the flags and take photos.