The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Hafiz Ringim, has threatened to arrest any person, who makes bonfires on roads, attack pedestrians or blocks roads.
He stated this on Thursday, in Lagos, through Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Administration, Azubuiko Udah.
He stated this on Thursday, in Lagos, through Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Administration, Azubuiko Udah.
Ringim also used the occasion to applaud the conduct of policemen in Lagos State since the commencement of the nationwide strike.
DIG Udah stated that the police had, in the last few days, turned blind eye to the activities of hoodlums who were not members of the labour unions.
Udah spoke at the police headquarters, Zone II, Onikan, Lagos, after an emergency indoor meeting held with all the commissioners of police in the state to review and appraise performances of the police since the commencement of the strike.
He noted that that bonfires damaged roads, which were among the government facilities, and that hoodlums were constituting nuisance to law-abiding citizens
The DIG said: “We have no problem with NLC and TUC. They are peaceful. Our duty is to hold forth until things normalise. We have to make sure that all hands are on deck. This is a challenging period for the police.”
The DIG said: “We have no problem with NLC and TUC. They are peaceful. Our duty is to hold forth until things normalise. We have to make sure that all hands are on deck. This is a challenging period for the police.”
He also added that “in the South-West geopolitical zone, things had gone well.
“This is not the time to start attacking people. But we want people to follow due process in everything they do. We don’t want people to take the law into their own hands.
“We call on NLC, TUC to call these people to order. We won’t tolerant again what happened at the Lagos-Ibadan-Mowe-Ibafo road, where people embarked on making bonfires using petrol, creating an atmosphere of anarchy,” the police chief also stated
“If anybody does this again, we’ll arrest them! They’re not part of NLC and TUC. These people are there to create mayhem. We warn parents to hold their wards, so these youths don’t go to commit crime.”
“We want to praise the activities of the police in Lagos since the strike. I was in Lagos when the Divisional Police Officer(DPO) shooting happened. Appropriate actions are being taken on the matter,” the police chief stated.
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