The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), KAYODE EGBETOKUN, has said trials for suspects arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protests have commenced.

Speaking during a during a joint press briefing hosted by the Chief of Defense Staff, General CHRISTOPHER MUSA, at the Defense Headquarter in Abuja, EGBETOKUN said over 800 suspects who committed various offences during the protest had been arrested.

He also announced that police and security agencies have identified and blocked sources of external funding for violent protests in Nigeria.

According to the IGP, the police were careful in managing the crisis and did not deploy water cannons or rubber bullets.

The police chief hinted that the shooting of an innocent protester in Kubwa, Abuja, was not the work of police operatives.