DSS Warns Against Planned Nationwide Protest, Identifies Sponsors 

In a statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Peter Afunaya, the Service says that while peaceful protest is a democratic right of citizens, it has confirmed a sinister plan by some elements to infiltrate the protest and use it to cause chaos and extreme violence in the land.

The statement added that the Service has identified the reason behind the protest to be political as the plotters desire to use the intended violent outcome to smear the federal and sub-national governments; make them unpopular and pit them against the masses with a long-term objective of achieving a regime change, especially at the centre.

The statement further says the Service will work with other sister security and law enforcement agencies to maintain peace and where necessary, will apply all legitimate methods to achieve this.

The planned protest, billed for August 1, is to demonstrate against the prevailing economic hardship in the country.