The Kano State Police Command has introduced heightened safety measures in anticipation of the deliberate nationwide protests towards prevailing hardship within the nation, slated for August within the state.
In a press launch issued on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police spokesman revealed {that a} strategic assembly was held with different safety businesses, together with the navy, to debate and implement measures to keep up legislation and order within the state.
The police expressed issues concerning the potential for violence through the protests, citing credible intelligence that steered anti-state components could also be concerned. Whereas acknowledging the fitting to peaceable protest, the Police Command warned towards any act of violence, vandalism, or disruption of public peace.
To make sure efficient crowd management and stop potential breaches of peace, the Police have urged the protest organisers to offer particulars about their deliberate routes, period, management, and measures to stop infiltration by legal components.
“By offering this info, the Police will be capable of; deploy satisfactory personnel and assets to make sure public security, designate particular routes and areas for the protest to keep away from conflicts with different occasions or actions, set up clear communication channels with protest leaders to handle any issues or points which will come up and decrease the danger of violence, property injury, or different legal exercise,” the assertion emphasised.
The State’s Commissioner of Police known as on residents to stay calm, nevertheless, urging them to rethink taking part within the protests given the present safety scenario.
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“We should additionally urge the law-abiding folks of the State to stay patriotic and to rethink becoming a member of any protest group because it has turn into clear that even a peaceable protest presently could also be ill-timed, particularly with the present points in Kano State,” he acknowledged.
The command has additionally supplied emergency contact numbers for residents to report suspicious actions.
“In case of emergencies or to report any suspicious exercise associated to the deliberate protest, please contact the Kano Police Command via the next telephone numbers; 08032419754, 08123821575, 09029292926,” the PPRO acknowledged.
