Police Vows To Stop Any Protest on 6th February

Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni

The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni on Wednesday 1^st February, 2017 vowed to stop the planned protest against the Federal Government slated for February 5 to take place in Lagos.

It would be recall that the popular afro beat musician, 2Face Idibia called on Nigerians through his social media to join him in protesting against the current government policies slated 6^th Feb, 2017.

However, Fatai Owoseni, who had previously claimed

unawareness about the protest because there was no official request from the protesters informing security agencies of their plan, said yesterday that intelligence report reaching him states that criminals might hijack the process. Lawbreakers would use this opportunity to harass, rob and attack innocent members of the public, who may wish to go about their Lawful duty

The Police claim that the command wasn’t ready for this type of demonstration and as such would not be allowed to hold.

“Information reaching us revealed that some hoodlums are planning to hijack the peaceful protest. And as such, we won’t allow it to hold in Lagos. We know that Tuface do not have the capacity to contain such a crowd and we will not fold our hands and watch while things go out of hand,” Owoseni said.

Earlier this week during a briefing with the press, Owoseni said: “The Civil Society had said that they do not need police permission to carry out any peaceful protest, but they should also be aware that there might be those who share an opposing view. This set of persons may want to disrupt the peaceful demonstration and would want to attack demonstrators.

“This is why we advise individuals or group of persons who may wish to embark on civil demonstration to inform the police so that adequate security arrangement would be provided.”