Lagos CP meets #Endbadgovernance protest organisers

Abdullateef Fowewe

Lagos Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola, has met state is safe before and after the protest.

The CP assured them that security agencies were in place to provide them maximum security and urged them to have a peaceful protest and abide by the law.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on Saturday.

The post partly reads, “The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olanrewaju Ishola, as part of proactive measures towards ensuring a safe and secure Lagos State before, during and after the proposed #endbadgovernance protests scheduled for October 1, 2024, has met with the protest organisers in his office at the State Headquarters, Ikeja.

“The CP assured the organizers that arrangements have been perfected with sister security agencies to provide maximum security to the protesters and other Lagosians, while urging them to remain peaceful and law abiding in all their actions.

“Meanwhile, CP Ishola has ordered the immediate and optimal deployment of human and operational resources across strategic locations in the state. In the same vein, he has charged the deployed officers to be professional, civil but firm.

“The protest organizers, on their part, gave assurances that they and their followers would be peaceful and law-abiding during the protests.”