Source: thewillnigeria
The FG has banned all protests including the proposed #OccupyLekkiTollgate planned for February 13, 2021.
According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, the order to prohibit the scheduled protest is due to an intelligence report that it will be hijacked.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mohammed made the announcement on February 11, at a media briefing in Abuja on the proposed #OccupyLekkiTollgate protest.
“At this time, the chances that any peaceful protest will be hijacked are very high. Based on the intelligence at the disposal of the Federal Government, some Nigerian activists have linked up with others outside Nigeria, including subversive elements, with a view to destabilising the country. We cannot and must not allow this to happen.
“Never again will the Federal Government allow the kind of violence that was perpetrated across the country under the guise of the EndSars last October. Never again will anyone or group be allowed to destroy cities or to kill and maim innocent citizens, including security agents, under any guise.
The security agents are ready for any eventuality. A situation in which six soldiers and 37 policemen were murdered in cold blood by hoodlums will not repeat itself. The attack, looting and razing of 269 private and public property will not happen again and the killing of 57 civilians will not be re-enacted.”
Recall reports of a planned protest made headlines on Monday, February 8 after news broke of the Lagos judicial panel’s move to reopen the Lekki Tollgate without concluding the investigations on the shooting of protesters on October 20, 2020.
