The Federal Government has traced at least 83 billion naira in cryptocurrency and fiat money channelled towards the recent nationwide protests.

They include 50million dollars of cryptocurrency — 38million dollars of which were blocked in four cryptocurrency wallets — and 4billion dollars contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Katsina.

This was part of a presentation by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, at the inaugural meeting of the Council of State convened by President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

Ribadu, who presented on the topic ‘The Nationwide Protest As It Affects National Security,’ also revealed that an European has been identified as the mastermind of the proliferation of foreign flags during the protests and will soon be declared wanted by the Police.