The major flashpoints were in Kano, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, FCT Abuja, Niger, Jigawa and Nasarawa States.

Some of the states have already imposed curfew in a bid to contain the situation.

Addressing a press conference, the IGP, who knocked the promoters of the protest for being nowhere around to lead it, urged them to end it.

He said the security agencies had been vindicated in their earlier intelligence that the protest would turn violent.