{"id":113530,"date":"2024-07-30T17:34:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113530"},"modified":"2024-07-30T17:34:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:34:56","slug":"august-1-protest-organisers-unveil-venues-forward-list-to-igp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/august-1-protest-organisers-unveil-venues-forward-list-to-igp\/","title":{"rendered":"August 1 protest: Organisers unveil venues, forward list to IGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Organizers of the planned August 1 to 10, 2024 hardship protest in Nigeria have unveiled details of the protest upon the request of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.<\/p>\n<p>The details, including venues and locations, where the intended protests would take place were contained in a letter by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, attorney to the organizers, addressed to the IGP.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Adegboruwa asked the IGP to provide the contact details of the Police officers designated to cover the said protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe act as solicitors to the TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT, and refer to our letter on the above subject matter dated July 26, 2024, and your response thereto dated July 29, 2024, Ref. CJ:2400\/IGP.SEC\/ABJ\/VOL.1\/10, which we have passed to our Client with instructions to respond thereto as follows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Client acknowledges the commitment of the Inspector-General of Police towards complying with extant legislations granting citizens the right to hold public meetings, public rallies and public processions and the lawful discharge of the obligations placed upon the police to provide adequate coverage and protection at the venues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall be glad to have the contact details of the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, and the Commissioners of Police designated to cover the said public meetings, public rallies and public processions, to ensure a peaceful and crisis-free outing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall update you with further details over time, hoping that the above information suffices for planning and strategy. We are delighted to attend the meeting with the Inspector-General of Police as requested. However, to achieve enlarged participation, we request that the said meeting be held virtually, to give room for all stakeholders to attend. Specifically, we will be led in the said meeting by Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, the NBA, other lawyers and civil society organizations. We await the Zoom link for the said virtual meeting\u201d, the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that IGP Egbetokun had agreed to provide security for the planned protesters in a letter addressed to Adegboruwa on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Police had also invited Adegboruwa for a meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes as last-minute planning to schedule hardship protests amid the rising cost of living in Nigeria.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers of the planned August 1 to 10, 2024 hardship protest in Nigeria have unveiled details of the protest upon the request of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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