Forward of the protest slated for October 1, 2024, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola, has held a city corridor assembly with stakeholders and safety companies on the command’s headquarters in Ikeja.
This was revealed in a video shared by the command on X on Friday.
Our correspondent gathered that one of many protest organisers in Lagos, Hassan Taiwo, additionally the Nationwide Coordinator of the Schooling Rights Marketing campaign, was invited to the assembly.
Talking on why he didn’t attend the assembly, Hassan, also referred to as Soweto, defined that he didn’t obtain the knowledge early sufficient.
“The assembly is for 4 p.m. I simply acquired the knowledge this morning,” the activist mentioned in a chat.
In the meantime, the police in Oyo have additionally invited the state chairman of the African Motion Congress, Kayode Babayomi, to a “peace assembly” 24 hours after the get together declared its assist for the deliberate protest.
Within the invitation letter seen by our correspondent, signed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, State Intelligence Division, Martins Bamigboye, the AAC chair was invited to a gathering scheduled for Saturday.
The letter learn, “The Oyo State Police Command, consistent with its constitutional safety duties, is dedicated to excellence in attaining a protected and safe atmosphere for peaceable coexistence within the state.
“It’s in gentle of the above that you’re respectfully invited to a peace assembly with the Assistant Commissioner of Police in command of the Division on Saturday, September 28, 2024.”
The protest, scheduled to be held as Nigeria marks 64 years of independence on October 1, has been dubbed “FearlessInOctober” by the Take It Again Motion.
Organisers have mentioned the protest is a continuation of the nationwide rally in August towards “unhealthy governance” and starvation.
“Not one of the calls for of our 10 days of rage in August has been met,” the ERC and different organisations mentioned in a press release on Thursday.
“We consider October 1 must be a day for all struggling Nigerians to unite and struggle for survival by demanding an finish to those anti-poor insurance policies,” the assertion added.