AfriqueCAN: POLICE have warned against planned protests by individuals and groups in several parts of Nigeria on Democracy Day www.AfriqueCAN.com
This warning was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi.
The Nigeria Police Force also placed its Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and State Command Commissioners of Police on red alert, directing that they should “collaborate with other security agencies to ensure robust security arrangements are in place to prevent any breakdown of law and order including strategic deployments to protect key infrastructures and ensure that protests, if any, remain peaceful and lawful.”
“Those who do otherwise should be ready to face the full weight of the law. Members of the public are again reminded that it is a criminal offence to tamper with the national grid or prevent/disrupt the transmission of electricity,” the statement read.
“It is equally unacceptable to disrupt any other critical infrastructure such as airports, hospitals, and other essential services, or violent picketing in whatever magnitude.”
