The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said N9 billion was disbursed to cause chaos in the country during the #EndBadGovernance protests in August.

Muyiwa Adejobi, Force spokesperson, disclosed this on Wednesday during the civil space guard conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The conference tagged ‘AI, Free Press & Civil Space: Tools, Challenges and Future of Investigative Reporting’, was organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).

Adejobi said prior to the #EndBadGovernance protest, the police had warned that the demonstration would be hijacked by foreign mercenaries.

The Force spokesperson said due to the trust deficit in the country, many Nigerians did not believe the warning.

Adejobi said the police “intercepted” conversation about how some persons were “planted” to cause violence during the August nationwide protests.

He narrated how the police received intelligence and traced Andrew Wynne, a Briton, to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja.