Before Monday, September 2, 2024, very few people in Nigeria knew the name Andrew Martin Wynne.

However, by Tuesday morning, his name ranked number three among the top searches on Google in Nigeria.

This sudden interest was due to the Nigerian police declaring Andrew Wynne (also known as Andrew Povich), a British man, and another Nigerian, Lucky Ehis Obiyan, wanted for allegedly funding terrorism and inciting people to mutiny.

Wynne and Obiyan's names appeared in court papers as the Nigerian government charged 10 people arrested during the 'End Bad Governance' protests on Monday.

Although Wynne and Obiyan were not among the accused in that court case, the government claimed they incited the protesters to cause chaos in Nigeria, shouting 'Tinubu must go, we want the military.

' According to the government, this offense amounts to treason and is punishable under section 97 of the penal code.

As previously mentioned, Andrew Wynne was not a person of particular interest before now, so not much was known about him.

The information we have now comes from interviews with some Nigerian journalists after the police declared him wanted.

The British national stated that he does not know why the Nigerian police accused him of planning to overthrow the Nigerian government.

He also said he does not know why they declared him wanted and put a bounty on his head.

On Monday, September 2, the Nigerian police spokesperson alleged that Andrew Wynne, along with a co-conspirator, had built a network of sleeper cells to destabilize Nigeria and had fled the country in the wake of last month's cost-of-living protests.

Speaking from the UK, Wynne told Nigerian media, Channels Television, that he was unaware of the accusations and would be happy to talk to officials.

He said he managed a bookshop in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and had been visiting the West African nation for 25 years without any problems.

The Nigerian police have offered a reward of 10 million naira ($6,000, £5,000) for anyone with information leading to his arrest, and the same amount for his alleged Nigerian collaborator, Lucky Obiyan.

'I am more than happy to talk with the police; I am more than happy to follow them on WhatsApp or Zoom; I am more than happy to go to London and meet with officials from the Nigerian High Commission,' Wynne, also known as Andrew Povich, said.

The Nigerian police declared him a fugitive on the same day they charged 10 Nigerians with treason for their alleged involvement in the End Bad Governance protest.

According to the Nigerian police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, Andrew Wynne is a 'foreign mercenary who has built a network of sleeper cells to overthrow the Nigerian government and plunge the nation into chaos.

' 'Documentary evidence and confessions show that Andrew Wynne issued directives, monitored progress, and provided finance and operational guidance to achieve unconstitutional regime change in Nigeria,' Adejobi said.

'He mobilized and deployed billions of naira to his Nigerian collaborators to mobilize 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 a clear violation of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011 and other relevant laws.

'At the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, after the arrests during the 'End Bad Governance Protest,' the lawyer for the Nigerian government, Simon Lough, said Wynne was selling books and other materials that could 'radicalize people.

' The lawyer showed one of the books titled 'Revolution is the choice of the people,' and said Wynne was selling the book at a low price of 200 naira in his bookshop so that many people could afford it.

Meanwhile, in his interview with journalists, Andrew Wynne said he is not afraid of the allegations made by the police and would not mind going to the Nigerian High Commission in London if the Nigerian government invites him to answer questions.