BREAKING: Police Bans Protests, Rallies, Unlawful Procession In Kwara State
Kwara State Police Command of the Nigeria Police has banned all forms of unlawful protest, rally, or gathering in the state.
The police said that the order became “inevitable owing to an intelligence report indicating that hoodlums have perfected plans to hijack any rally or procession and use the process to cause chaos and jeopardize the current fragile peace in the country and by extension, Kwara State.”
This was contained in a statement signed by the Command’s spokesman,
SP Okasanmi Ajayi, adding that the Commissioner of Police of Kwara State, CP Paul Odama, “who understands that it is constitutional for the citizens to protest peacefully, however, in a situation where such a protest or rally could be hijacked putting the lives and property of the people and government at risk would not be acceptable.”
The ban, which the Police described as “temporary” is to enable the police authorities to “evaluate and access the security situation in the state.”
The Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer said that “it is pertinent to also advise political party leaders to warn their supporters to desist from inciting and unguided statements on social, print and electronic media capable of inflaming crisis and heating of the polity.
“Consequently, aggressive patrols of the state and raids on criminal hideouts would continue as the command would do everything legally possible to ensure the safety and security of the good people of Kwara State”, the statement read.
