Police Declare British National, Nigerian Wanted Over Plot To Overthrow Tinubu
The Nigeria Police Force has declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, also known as Andrew Povich, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s democratically elected government.
The police made this announcement on Monday, accusing the duo of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at destabilizing the country.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, revealed that Wynne, the British national, is at the center of the plot, having built a network of sleeper cells designed to topple the government and plunge Nigeria into chaos.
According to Adejobi, Wynne had rented a space at Labour House in Abuja and established a school as a cover for his subversive activities.
He said, โThe Nigeria Police Force has launched a comprehensive investigation into the activities of foreign national and subversive elements plotting to undermine the democratically elected government in Nigeria through unconstitutional regime change and orchestrating violence across the country.
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โFollowing extensive intelligence gathering and collaboration with other security agencies, nine suspects have been apprehended, who received substantial financial backing from foreign sources to destabilise the country.
โPreliminary findings suggest they orchestrated and funded violent protests, disseminated false information, and engaged in other unlawful activities to create anarchy and justify their illegal plot to overthrow the democratically elected government.
โInvestigations have identified a foreign mercenary, Andrew Wynne (also known as Andrew Povich or Drew Povey), a British national, who built a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation into chaos. He rented space at Labour House, Abuja, for an โIva Valley Bookshopโ and established โSTARS of Nations Schoolsโ as a cover for his subversive activities.โ
Adejobi said documentary evidence and confessions revealed that Wynne provided finance and operational guidance to allegedly topple an elected government in the country.
He said, โDocumentary evidence and confessions revealed that Andrew Wynne issued directives, monitored progress, and provided finance and operational guidance to achieve unconstitutional regime change in Nigeria.
โHe mobilised and deployed several billions of naira to his Nigerian collaborators, urging them to mobilise the public to violently storm police facilities and military barracks, anticipating a bloodbath that would instigate international condemnation of the Nigerian government. These acts are in clear violation of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011 and other relevant laws,โ the FPRO added.
Adejobi said Wynne and his local coordinator, Obiyan, had fled the country.
He said, โSince the commencement of investigations, Andrew Wynne has fled the country. He and one of his local coordinators, one Lucky Ehis Obiyan, have accordingly been declared wanted, and global hunting for them has commenced in connection with this investigation.โ
