I had been distraught with deep sadness over what I thought was the unwarranted, self-denigrating, and counter-productive celebration of Russian flags by #EndBadGovernance protesters in the far North until someone called my attention to the fact that it is actually the flag of the Nigerian Armed Forces that protesters display—or intend to display— in their processions.
This makes sense because the protesters always chant “(mulkin) soja muke so,” which translates as “we want military rule,” as they wave the flags. It’s instructive that they never mention Russia. Why would they fly the flag of a country and not mention its name but instead sing the praises of the military?
The Nigerian Armed Forces flag has three colored stripes: red on the top, blue in the middle, and white on the bottom.
Since presidents are also commanders-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, they routinely fly the Nigerian military flag, along with the Nigerian national fl
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