BY DAYO ADESULU
As the Nigerian youths begin the phase II of #ENDSARS protest tomorrow December 7 across the country, Lagos Police Command on Sunday has vowed to use all lawful means to quell the protesters.
Recall that the organisers of the protests had for the past weeks via the social media slated December 7 to begin ENDSARS protest 2.
In this second phase protests, the youths are demanding among other things, the release of all protesters detained during the first ENDSARS protest, unfreezing of all accounts that were frozen by the Central Bank of Nigeria and a referendum.
Meanwhile, Lagos Police Command in a statement by spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi warned that no such protest would hold in Lagos.
Adejobi said: “The Command has reliably gathered intelligence that certain individuals/groups have concluded plans to lure unsuspecting Lagosians, especially youths, into their planned protest which is proposed to commence tomorrow Monday, December 7, at designated locations in the state.
“The Lagos State Police Command wishes to re-echo and remind the public that the Government of Lagos State, businesses, individuals and security families still groan in losses and pains that the last violent Endsars protest occasioned.
“Lagos State is still nurturing the wounds orchestrated by some violent Endsars protesters and not fit to accommodate such protest for now.
“In the light of the above, the Lagos State Police Command, therefore, warns those who might want to disguise under Endsars protest to cause another set of mayhem, brouhaha and violence in the state, to desist from such plans as the police and other security agencies will not fold their arms seeing individuals or groups orchestrating another violence and anarchy in the state.
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“The command also warns parents and guardians to warn and discourage their children and wards from being lured into any act, gathering or protest capable of causing violence in the state.
“The command wishes to reiterate that any unlawful gathering, procession or protest will be suppressed professionally in accordance with the provisions of the law.
“The police command encourages Lagosians and those who are in Lagos for their genuine engagements, to go about their lawful businesses as all hands are on deck to maintain law and order within the length and breadth of Lagos State.”