The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest of a British citizen, Andrew Wynne, and two Nigerians earlier declared wanted by the Nigerian police for allegedly plotting an insurrection against Nigeria.
The Nigerians also ordered arrested by the court are Lucky Obiyan and Abdullahi Musa.
The judge, Emeka Nwite, issued the order on Tuesday following an ex-parte application by the police.
Mr Wynne and the two others have become key targets in President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s sweeping crackdown on activists and others linked to the recent #EndBadGovernance protests.
The police, through their spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi, accused Mr Wynne (also known as Andrew Povich or Drew Povey), in a statement on Monday, of building “a network of sleeper cells to topple” the Bola Tinubu administration “and plunge the nation into chaos.”
The police declared Mr Wynne wanted, saying he “has fled the country.”
Mr Adejobi said Mr Wynne…