Planned Protest: FCT Police Vow To Raid Uncompleted Buildings, Deploy 4,200 Officers

Following the proposed nationwide protest scheduled for August 1, The FCT Police Command has disclosed that proactive measures are in place both material and human resources across the nation’s capital to protect protesters and prevent protest from being hijacked by hoodlums.

According to a statement issued on Friday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officers, SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh said: “Acknowledging the right of residents to protest, advises that it should be peaceful.

“The FCT Police Command, in anticipation of the planned nationwide protest by some human rights activists and Nigerian youths to publicly express their displeasure over hunger and hardship, has proactively deployed material and human resources at the command’s disposal across the nooks and crannies of the nation’s capital.

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“The proactive deployment, which is aimed at ensuring public safety, protection of protesters, and preventing protests from being hijacked by non-state actors, is characterized by visibility policing, the deployment of explosive ordinance devices (EOD) experts and personnel at various strategic locations, raids on identified black spots, uncompleted buildings/shanties, stop and search, vehicular and foot patrol and synergy with sister security agencies.

“The CP vows to resist all forms of violent protest and lawlessness, as the police will not be stampeded into allowing the destruction of public and private properties or loss of lives.”

Residents are also urged to be vigilant and report suspicious activities via the following Police emergency lines: 08032003913, 08028940883, 08061581938, 07057337653 PCB: 09022222352 CRU: 08107314192