- Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser, has disclosed that the federal government arrested some politicians who funded the recently concluded nationwide protests with N4bn
- The NSA also disclosed that the politicians were arrested in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states for being parts of the larger sponsors of the protest
- Ribadu made this revelation while presenting at the first national council of state meeting convened by President Bola Tinubu
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