BREAKING: Lagos CP Reveals Why Security Operatives Are At Venue Of Yoruba Nation Rally
The presence of security officers at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, according to Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, is the state’s approach of being security-conscious.
On Saturday, Odumosu spoke to reporters at Gani Fawehinmi Park, the site of a scheduled gathering by Yoruba Nation agitators. As of the time of filing this report, no separatists had been spotted at the location.
“We are just being security conscious and proactive,” he said.
“Recall that on Thursday, I listed reasons why this rally must not hold.
“We learnt that some miscreants have perfected plans to seize the opportunity to cause mayhem in the society.
“Though the organisers of the rally made frantic efforts to say it will go peaceful, you and I know what happened during #EndSARS protests. EndSARS started peacefully but up till now, Lagos State has not been able to get out of the destruction that happened during the EndSARS,” he added.
During the October 2020 protests, he added, several police stations were burned down, with policemen losing their lives, and that the state would not allow such an atrocity to happen again.
