The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, has suggested these planning to stage a protest on October 1 to rethink and provides the federal government extra time to handle the nation’s financial challenges.
The commissioner made this enchantment on Saturday throughout an engagement with the executives of the “Take It Again” motion, Kogi State chapter, on the command headquarters in Lokoja.
A press release issued within the early hours of Sunday, September 29, by the Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya, acknowledged that “the Commissioner of Police suggested the group to rethink their deliberate protest and provides the federal government extra time to repair the economic system of our expensive nation.”
He defined that the assembly was referred to as in response to a letter obtained from the group on Friday, twenty seventh September 2024.
The commissioner additional acknowledged, “The group has the proper to peaceable protest in accordance with current legal guidelines, however to keep away from enjoying into the fingers of disgruntled components or hoodlums, and to stop them from hijacking the method and unleashing mayhem on harmless residents, destroying property, and damaging crucial infrastructure — which might, in flip, have critical unfavorable results on the nation’s economic system — it could be smart to rethink.”
The chief of the group assured the Commissioner of Police that, as enlightened and law-abiding youths in Kogi State, they might settle for his recommendation and stay dedicated to the peace, progress, and growth of the state.
He added that the manager members would meet to deliberate on the problems raised by the commissioner and are available to an affordable decision relating to their participation within the protest.
The group recommended the Commissioner of Police for the constructive engagement, which they mentioned had gone a good distance in enlightening them on their duties as youths who’re the leaders of tomorrow and vanguards of growth.
Current on the assembly had been Deputy Commissioner of Police Chike Nwabuwa, Deputy Commissioner of Police for Operations, Assistant Commissioner of Police Aigbe Aghahowa, Superintendent of Police William Aya (Police Public Relations Officer), Superintendent of Police Emmanuel Abogonye (2iC SID/OC Monitoring Unit), and Deputy Superintendent of Police Christopher Okoebor.
Members of the group in attendance included Coordinator Mose Opeyemi, Oloruntoba Segun, Muhammed Abdul, Ande Joel, Michael John, Musa Matthew, Usman Alfa, Mohammed Usman Ahmed, Ibrahim Shaibu, and Adama Shaibu.