The Lagos State Police Command has banned protest or gathering or possession, under whatever guise within Lagos State due to the new development of violent attacks on police officers and men and formations including innocent Nigerians in Lagos State which made the State Governor to declare 24 hour curfew with effect from 4pm of Tuesday, 20th October, 2020,
In a press release on Tuesday signed by the Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, he said that all security agencies have deployed adequate personnel to take charge and enforce the curfew across the state.
The statement read, “In the same vein, the command regrets to confirm the setting ablaze of Orile Police State today at about 10am, where some of our policemen were critically injured and unconfirmed reports state that one of them is dead.
“It’s crystal clear that the #EndSARS protest has been hijacked by hoodlums who want to run down the state and the police command will resist such state of anarchy, unrest and brouhaha with all powers within the ambit of the law.
“While the command is resolute in sustenance of human rights and democratic tenets, the general public is hereby warned to comply with the curfew and desist from any act of violence in the state as the command will resist such in totality, the statement concluded
