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  • Kwara Police Command bans protests, rallies

    Kwara Police Command bans protests, rallies

    Police Command in Kwara has banned rallies, unlawful protests or gathering to guide against hijack by hoodlums in the state.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesperson for the Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, in Ilorin on Wednesday.

    According to the statement, the command wishes to inform the public of the ban on any form of unlawful protest, rally or gathering in Kwara State.

    “This order becomes inevitable owing to an intelligence report indicating that hoodlums have perfected plans to hijack any rally or procession and use the process to cause chaos and jeopardise the current fragile peace in the country and by extension, Kwara state.

    “The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, CP Paul Odama, understands that it is constitutional for the citizens to protest peacefully.

    “However, a situation where such a protest or rally could be hijacked putting the lives and property of the people and government at risk would not be acceptable.

    “This is a temporary ban to evaluate and access the security situation in the state.

    “It is pertinent to also advise political party leaders to warn their supporters to desist from inciting and unguided statements on social, print and electronic media capable of inflaming crisis and heating of the polity.

    “Consequently, aggressive patrols of the state and raids on criminal hideouts would continue as the command would do everything legally possible to ensure the safety and security of the good people of Kwara,’’ the statement read.

  • Police seek permission to regulate rallies of political parties

    Police seek permission to regulate rallies of political parties

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba-Alkali, has urged political parties and politicians to allow the police to regulate their campaigns for 2023 general elections.

    Baba-Alkali made the call on Sunday in Maiduguri while speaking to newsmen.

    Baba-Alkali said the measure was to contain any possible breakdown of law and order.

    “I want to beg the politicians and political parties to give us the opportunity to regulate their processions, rallies and campaigns so that they dont have clash.

    “The Commissioner of Police is not saying you must apply for permit before you campaign or rally but for him to know so that he can provide security for the venue of campaign or to tell you if another party is also campaigning, for you to adjust to another date.

    “It’s a matter of regulating for the benefit of all, to avoid things getting out of control,” the IGP said.

    While assuring of the force commitment to ensuring security for the election, the IGP said the use of pseudo security agents by any politician or party would not be tolerated.

    He reiterated the need for community policing for maximum result in containing criminals, adding that the 10,000 police earlier recruited by the force had been deployed to their various LGAs to enhance community policing.

    “Right now we have another 10,000 recruits undergoing training that we hope to graduate before the election,” Baba-Alkali said.

    He noted the role played by Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in line with community policing in Borno where they played critical role in exposing insurgents in their communities to the authorities.

    “The successes we achieved in fighting Boko-Haram couldn’t have been possible without injecting CJTF.

    “The CJTF assisted greatly as they know who is who in the area and led securty to flush them out. That is what we want to copy.

    “Security is all about everybody playing his quota; what your next neighbour is doing must interest you,” the IGP said.

    Baba-Alkali is in Borno for a two-day working visit where he inaugurated some police projects in Beneshiek and Maiduguri.

  • Ban on rallies, processions in Kano still in force – Police

    The Kano State Police Command, said on Friday that the ban on all forms of rallies, processions, demonstration or assembly in the state was still in force.

    This was contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Abdullahi Haruna issued to newsmen in Kano.

    He said that the command found it necessary to reissue the order, to prevent any breach of the peace.

    “The order is aimed at preventing and averting any threat, breach of the peace or break down of law and order in the face of various security challenges in the State.
    “This is to assure a lasting peace and unity in the State. Any person or group of persons found engaging in any unlawful assembly will be arrested and prosecuted in a court of law”.

    NAN recalls that the command had on June 8, banned rallies, demonstrations, processions or assemblies in the state until further notice.

    The order was issued following the tension generated over a query issued to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, over alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion by the Emirate Council.