The Inspector General of Police, has ordered the raid on vulcanizer shops and the seizure of old tyres to forestall being used during the planned nationwide protest starting on August 1.
According to SaharaReporters, the police said the action would ensure that protesters would not get tyres to burn on highways or any other place of importance.
Recall that a nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest against exacerbating hunger and misgovernance under the administration of President Bola Tinubu is looming.
However, to ensure that there is no breakdown of the law, the Inspector General of Police has directed all State Commands to raid all vulcanizer shops in their jurisdiction. And to seize all un-used tyres and dispose them off, SaharaReporters stated.
“The police said the action would ensure that protesters would not get tyres to burn on highways or any other place of importance.
SaharaReporters stated that this was contained in a leaked police wireless message the Commissioner of Police Ekiti State Police Command addressed to Divisional Police Officer and various Units Commands in the State.
The CP warned Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in whose areas protesters make burn fire, saying they would be sanctioned accordingly.
Although, SaharaReporters could not ascertain the kind of punishment that would be meted out to divisional police officers (DPOs) failed. It was, also not stated in the wireless message.
The wireless message dated “DTO:240840/07/2024 addressed to DECOMPOL CID/ACPOL SID/ALL ACPOLS/DPOS/RRS/ AKS/SHP EKITI, reads:
“CB:4001/EKS/DOPS/VOL.53/181. Order and directives. Re-nationwide protest against end bad government in Nigeria.
“In view of Inspector General of Police conference/briefing with Assistant Inspector General of Police zones and Commissioners of Police in all the States on the above subject. Commissioner of Police directs you go out in the midnight, raid vulcanizer shops in and around yours and seize all un-used tyres and dispose them off to prevent protesters from using same to set burn fire on the highway.
“Any DPO in whose Area of Operation burn fire occurs will be sanctioned accordingly. All to ensure strict compliance please.”
source: Sahara Reporters
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