{"id":114463,"date":"2024-09-30T19:51:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T18:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114463"},"modified":"2024-09-30T19:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T18:51:42","slug":"oct-1-police-deploy-in-states-as-organisers-insist-on-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/oct-1-police-deploy-in-states-as-organisers-insist-on-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct 1:\u00a0Police deploy in states as organisers insist on protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
Despite appeals by some stakeholders and the Federal Government calling for calm, organisers of the October 1 protests against hardship in the country have insisted on going ahead with tomorrow\u2019s action.<\/p>\n

Giving reasons, one of the lawyers to the detained August 1 protesters, Mr Deji Adeyanju, yesterday, asserted that the fresh round of protest is on the heels of the Federal Government\u2019s failure to address protesters\u2019 earlier demands.<\/p>\n

Adeyanju said the government intentionally kept the issues aside, adding that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s promise to engage with protesters had not been fulfilled.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Jigawa Police command will deploy its men today in readiness for the protest, just as Lagos command met with protest organisers and assured them of security.<\/p>\n

Also, Lagos State government said the restriction of the action to two designated venues still stands, warning that protesters will not be allowed in other areas to avoid a breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the planned protest, the Federal Government, yesterday also urged the protesters to sheathe their swords and refrain from acts of violence.<\/p>\n

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, in a chat, said: \u201cThe Federal Government is appealing to all Nigerians to remain calm and refrain from any acts of violence as Nigeria celebrates its 64th Independence anniversary and 25 years of unbroken democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government of President Bola Tinubu is committed to ensuring peace, unity and prosperity for all. It is also important for Nigerians to see opportunity in the various policies of the government, and use it for their betterment.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Adeyanju said there is no going back on the protest because: \u201cthe issues from the August 1 nationwide peaceful protest have not been addressed, citizens have the right to protest.<\/p>\n

\u201cIrrespective of insinuations of government, arraignment of protesters, intimidation, and attempts to criminalize protest, citizens have insisted and expressed their rights that they must protest. It is a constitutionally guaranteed right that cannot be derogated in any circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019I believe that it is the government\u2019s responsibility to ensure that citizens enjoy constitutionally guaranteed rights, and all must protect their rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are hitting the streets on October 1 because the protesters\u2019 demands have not been met. Not one has been met, and even the promise by the President that \u2018please shelve the protest I am going to engage with you\u2019; none and nothing has happened. The President has refused to engage, which means that the President really takes the people for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nigerians have made up their minds
\nHe also said the protest would hold as planned by the organisers because \u201ceven under the military, people were allowed to protest. The police are aware of the protest, and the organisers of the \u2018Take it Back Movement\u2019 have written to the police in Lagos, Abuja, Oyo and other parts of the country. The protest is nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recalling that security agents during the August 1 protest arrested and remanded peaceful protesters and might repeat the actions during the October 1 protest, he said the protesters are not deterred.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be the intention of government anyway but I can tell you that would not deter citizens at all in exercising their franchise. And this is an opportunity to call on citizens to blaze the trail and ensure that their rights are enforced during this October 1 protest.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Police need to protect protesters
\nAdeyanju also said the Police Act mandated the police to protect protesters exercising their guaranteed constitutional rights, of which protest is one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, the police had tried to say they were inviting the protesters for a meeting but the protesters had declined; the protesters had offered a zoom meeting, which the police did not oblige.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the days the protest will last, he said it was only the organisers who could decide how many days the protest will last, and he added that as soon the protest commences, the organisers will give details of activities.<\/p>\n

On the issue of protesters still in prison custody and yet to be arraigned, he said: \u201cMany have been granted bail in Abuja, Kano, Sokoto, and other places across the country but so many more are still in custody. We are working aggressively to ensure that they are all released.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that they will be in court today because \u201cthey said they have plans to arraign more protesters that were arrested and not released. We are optimistic that they will keep to their words and arraign them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bail requirements are hard for protesters
\nHowever, Adeyanju explained that meeting the N100 million condition for 10 protesters recently granted bail was not the issue but landed property requested by the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it is not payment of monetary sum or whatsoever, the hardest part of meeting that condition was just the issue around landed property.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have put in an application for variation, we have met some of the demands for some of the protesters. Three protesters that could not meet the demands we have put in an application for variation and that application is coming up on Friday, October 4, 2024\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

On the condition of protesters in prison custody, the human rights activist said: \u201cThey have largely been incarcerated from their loved ones and it is definitely not a palatable one but it shows that the government is tyrannical in nature, and the government can do better.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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