The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has invited human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa to a meeting in Abuja.
Adegboruwa wrote to the police boss to provide police protection for protesters.
The IGP, in his response letter dated July 29, 2024, directed senior police officers to attend to the request of the senior lawyer.
Egbetokun’s response was signed by his Principal Staff Officer, CP Johnson Adenola.
IGP also requested to have a meeting with Adegboruwa in Abuja on Tuesday, July 30 “to deliberate further” on his request.
“I am to inform you that the Inspector General of Police has directed the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (Operations and Intelligence), the Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) in charge of Zonal Police Headquarters and the Commissioners of Police (CPs) in charge of State Commands across the country to attend to your request.
“I am to also inform you that the Inspector General of Police wishes to have a meeting with you at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday, 30th July, 2024 to deliberate further on your request,” CP Adenola said.
The police, military and the Department of State Service had warned against Kenya-styled protest.
Politicians, who surmised that the planned rally might end up like the EndSARS demonstration of October 2020, continue to appeal to youths to shelve the planned rallies but the young people remain unfazed, insisting that the protest will hold.
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