October 1 protest: Lagos CP Ishola meets organisers, orders police deployment
Lagos Police Commissioner, CP Ishola at the meeting with protest organisers
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Ishola has ordered the immediate and optimal deployment of human and operational resources across strategic locations in the state ahead of the endbagovernance protest scheduled for Independence Day 1 October.
“In the same vein, he has charged the deployed officers to be professional, civil but firm,” SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the Lagos Police Command said in a statement on Saturday.
Hundeyin also said CP Ishola has also met with the people alleged to be organisers of the proposed October 1 protest.
Those in attendance at the meeting, according to the statement were: Dabiradura Adeyinka, Alex Omotehnse, I. Tobiloba, Lawal Adewale, Adewale Ojo, Declan I., Funmi Jolade Ajayi, Akintunde Adedeji, Balogun Hameed, Aghedo Stephen, Edafe Oghenebrume, H.O.T. Duro, Isaac Obasi, Soweto, Oloye Adeniji, Aishat Omolara, Barrister Chuks Nwobi, Emmanuel Ajide Esq., Femi Akinyemi, Esq. (Falana & Falana Chambers) and Comrade Oguntunji.
Some of the protest organisers at the meeting with the Lagos Police Commissioner
Hundeyin said the meeting with the protest organisers was part of proactive measures towards ensuring a safe and secure the State before, during and after the October 1 protest.
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According to the statement, at the meeting held at the State Headquarters of the police in Ikeja, CP Ishola assured the organizers that arrangements have been perfected with sister security agencies to provide maximum security to the protesters and other Lagosians during the protest.
The Police Commissioner also urged the protesters to remain peaceful and law abiding in all their actions.
The police spokesperson quoted the protest organizers as assuring that they and their followers would be peaceful and law abiding during the protests.
“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 statement indicated.
