{"id":87059,"date":"2021-10-15T07:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T06:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87059"},"modified":"2021-10-15T07:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T06:51:42","slug":"falana-dont-let-police-disrupt-endsars-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/falana-dont-let-police-disrupt-endsars-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Falana: Don\u2019t let police disrupt #EndSARS protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1713608893883472176\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to abide by his oath of office by calling on the police not to disrupt upcoming #EndSARS protests.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p>Falana, who is the Interim Chairman, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, said this in a statement on Thursday titled, \u2018Nigeria Police Force Lacks Power to Ban Public Protests in Nigeria\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, had said the police would not allow anyone to stage another #EndSARS protest ahead of the one-year anniversary of the protests of last year.<\/p>\n<p>However, Falana said Buhari who himself took part in protests while he was running for office, should call on the police to respect the rights of citizens.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-1595025045041966346gmail-vid-container0\">\n<div id=\"m_-1595025045041966346gmail-avantisContainer0\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_-1595025045041966346gmail-avntsPlayer0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt is public knowledge that General Muhammadu Buhari (as he then was) and other leaders of the ruling All Progressive Congress took part in public rallies against fuel hike in January 2012 and protests against insecurity in November 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo that extent, the Buhari administration ought to restrain the Police from banning peaceful rallies against police brutality on October 20, 2021 in any manner whatsoever and however.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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>Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to abide by his oath of office by calling on the police not to disrupt upcoming #EndSARS&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":52327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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