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Sunday, October 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has warned intending protesters, agitating for the merchandise of Mazi Nnamdi Kalu against immoderate signifier of protestation astir the Aso Rock and its environs.
A connection by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin successful Abuja said the informing followed an bid of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
He said the court, successful a suit between the Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Omoyele Sowore & 4 others, connected Oct. 17, restrained immoderate signifier of protestation astir the Aso Rock and its environs.
“The bid restrains the respondents and immoderate different persons oregon groups acting nether their acquisition from staging protests wrong and astir Aso Rock Villa and its environs.
“Other country are the National Assembly Complex, Force Headquarters, the Court of Appeal, Eagle Square and Shehu Shagari Way.
“Accordingly, each intending protesters and counter-protest groups are powerfully advised to debar restricted areas and to refrain from immoderate act, susceptible of provoking confrontation oregon disturbing nationalist order,” helium said.
The constabulary spokesperson said the unit would guarantee the escaped travel of traffic, extortion of lives and property, and information of each law-abiding citizens.
According to him, immoderate idiosyncratic oregon radical that uses protests arsenic screen to incite violence, transportation oregon usage violative weapons, vandalise nationalist oregon backstage property, kidnap, oregon prosecute successful acts apt to origin nonaccomplishment of beingness oregon superior wounded volition beryllium dealt with decisively.
He said offenders would beryllium arrested, subjected to afloat investigation, and prosecuted nether applicable transgression laws, including laws relating to nationalist order, convulsive behaviour and coercion wherever applicable.
Hundeyin said those who incite others via societal media oregon different platforms would beryllium investigated and prosecuted, utilizing integer evidence.
He said the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, had directed the Commissioner of Police (CP) successful complaint of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and applicable operational commands to guarantee strict enforcement of the court’s order.
Hundeyin said the I-G had directed the CP to support disposable and strategical deployments crossed susceptible locations, and guarantee the information of residents and lawful activities successful the FCT.
He urged organisers of the protestation and participants to debar the restricted areas specified by the tribunal and refrain from carrying weapons, engaging successful provocative conduct, oregon encouraging others to breach the law.
Hundeyin besides urged the protesters to transmission their grievances done the courts and different lawful avenues alternatively than the streets.
The constabulary spokesperson said capable information arrangements had been made to support lives and spot of law-abiding Nigerians.
He enjoined those, not engaging successful the protestation to spell astir their lawful businesses without fearfulness arsenic anyone recovered to beryllium successful brea...
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