Operatives of the Nigeria Police Drive appear to have turned a brand new leaf following a viral video clip on Tuesday displaying males of Lagos Police Command, sharing bottles of water and biscuits to members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) who have been protesting the hardship and financial challenges within the nation.
The incident which occurred because the protesters gathered on the Alausa space of the state the place the state Secretariat and authorities home is positioned, took many unexpectedly which led to the gang chanting “Up Nigeria Police” in appreciation.
The protesters had converged on the Ikeja bridge within the early hours of Tuesday to start the two-day nationwide protest referred to as by the NLC to protest the federal authorities’s failure to implement agreements reached between each events on October 2, 2023, following the elimination of the gasoline subsidy.
Talking earlier than the protest march started at 9:15 am, the Lagos State NLC Chairperson, Mrs Funmi Sessi, mentioned the protest was in opposition to the financial hardship confronted by employees and Nigerians at giant.
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In an announcement on Monday by the Drive Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the police had pledged to supply safety for the protesters in order to forestall miscreants and hoodlums from hijacking the protests.
“On the heels of the proposed nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the NPF hereby affirms the elemental proper of all residents of the nation to interact in peaceable protest according to extant legal guidelines.
“Consistent with its lawful responsibility to take care of legislation and order, the Nigeria Police Drive has deployed personnel nationwide and positioned them on purple alert to observe the deliberate protest,” Adejobi had mentioned.
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