Safety has been beefed up within the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) because the deliberate starvation protest commences as we speak.
This comes simply as state governors and the federal authorities have appealed to the protesters to conduct themselves peacefully.
In Bauchi, the state police commissioner, Auwal Mohammed, mentioned the command had deployed personnel to potential flashpoints to avert the breakdown of legislation and order.
LEADERSHIP reviews that the command had requested protest organisers to produce the police with their detailed biodata, together with assembly factors and motion routes.
The commissioner disclosed this in an announcement by the spokesperson of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, and made out there to reporters in Bauchi.
On its half, the Commandant of the Nigerian Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe State, Adamu Idris Zakari, has declared the corps’ readiness to guard the life and property of the residents through the nationwide protest.
Zakari, who mentioned this in a press briefing at his workplace in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, urged officers and males to conduct themselves professionally whereas discharging their duties.
The Kebbi State Police Command has taken proactive measures towards the anticipated vandalisation, looting, and different prison actions through the protest by hoodlums.
Whereas addressing the personnel deployed at methods native authorities areas, the state Commissioner of Police, Bello M Sani, informed journalists that over 5,000 officers had been dispatched to guard the life and property of the individuals within the state.
The Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Katsina State additionally yesterday issued a stern warning to criminals aspiring to hijack the upcoming protest, saying any try and trigger chaos or destruction can be met with decisive motion.
In a press briefing on Wednesday, NSCDC Katsina Commandant Jamilu A. Indabawa assured the general public that the command was totally ready to make sure a peaceable and safe setting for the protest, and won’t tolerate any prison exercise.
Shun Protest, FG tells Nigerians
The Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has urged Nigerians to shun the proposed nationwide protests and as a substitute pursue peace, dialogue, and collaboration in addressing the nation’s challenges.
The SGF made this assertion throughout a press convention with journalists and media executives on the Radio Home in Abuja, yesterday.
He acknowledged the fitting to protest however expressed considerations in regards to the deliberate protests being hijacked “by bandits, insurgents, and different criminals.
“We, due to this fact, attraction to Nigerians of no matter persuasion, perception, demography, gender, and standing to shun requires protests towards starvation by prioritising peace and progress. For the avoidance of doubt, the federal government of President Tinubu recognises the fitting to peaceable protest, however circumspection and vigilance must be our watchwords,” Akume mentioned
I Didn’t Approve Use of Eagle Sq. – Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has mentioned that he didn’t approve of using Eagle Sq. for any occasion.
Wike made this assertion whereas responding to questions from journalists after inspecting an ongoing street challenge connecting two communities in Abaji on Wednesday.
He mentioned his administration didn’t wish to take something with no consideration and that was why it was ensuring that safety was tight within the nation’s capital.
“I by no means permitted using Eagle Sq. for anyone, which doubtless knowledgeable the safety measures to make sure all public areas are effectively protected. We is not going to permit hoodlums to take benefit and start to vandalise our infrastructure,” he mentioned.
For First Girl Oluremi Tinubu, these planning a nationwide strike ought to rethink their stance as a consequence of potential hurt to weak Nigerians.
Chatting with journalists on the State Home in Abuja following a gathering with wives of state governors and coordinators of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Mrs. Tinubu expressed concern over the strike’s potential influence on small companies and petty merchants.
Ex-militants, others pull out
Lots of of ex-agitators within the Niger Delta have rescinded their preliminary choice to partake within the proposed hardship protest, saying promoters of the occasion have unconstitutional motives.
The ex-agitators, who rose from an emergency assembly in Port Harcourt yesterday, resolved to assist President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
They insisted that with extra time, the President would resolve all the issues afflicting the nation.
The place to abstain from any type of protest was endorsed by ex-militant leaders in Niger Delta area, nationwide leaders of Involved Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, nationwide leaders Niger Delta Motion for Good Governance, ex-freedom fighters of the Niger Delta area, Coalition of Niger Delta College students and Coalition of Aggrieved Niger Delta Youths.
Gov Yusuf Tells Kano Protesters To Submit Calls for
Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has referred to as on the organisers to droop the demonstrations and submit their calls for to him for potential motion.
Whereas delivering an deal with at a gathering with conventional rulers and the Kano enterprise neighborhood at Authorities Home on Wednesday, Governor Yusuf promised that when the calls for are submitted to him, he’ll personally convey them to President Bola Tinubu.
APC, LP Plan to trigger unrest in Enugu – PDP
The Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, says it has uncovered sinister plots by the leaderships of the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Labour Occasion, LP, to cover behind the proposed nationwide motion to sponsor instability within the state.
The social gathering, in an announcement by its state chairman, Augustine Nnamani, on Wednesday, referred to as on the federal authorities and safety companies to carry the leaderships of the 2 events within the state liable for any breach of peace “within the identify of protest” within the state following their electoral losses in 2023.
“Their plot is to create instability and the impression that Governor Mbah is sponsoring protests towards President Bola Tinubu’s administration,” he mentioned.
Court docket Restricts Protesters To Abuja Stadium
A Excessive Court docket of the Federal Capital Territory restricted members within the August 1 starvation protest towards the federal authorities to the Nationwide Stadium.
Justice Sylvanus Oriji issued the order on Wednesday in Abuja whereas delivering a ruling in an ex-parte software introduced earlier than him by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
Defendants within the go well with are Omoyele Sowore, Damilare Adenola, Adama Ukpabi, Tosin Harsogba, individuals unknown, Inspector Normal IG of Police, Commissioner of Police, Director Normal of the State Safety Service, Director Normal, Nigeria Civil Protection Corps, Chief of Military Employees, Chief of Air Employees, Chief of Naval Employees as 1st to twelfth respondents.
Within the exparte software argued by Chief Ogwu James Onoja, SAN, the FCT Minister utilized for an order of interim injunction restraining the 5 leaders of the protesting teams from gathering or parading themselves alongside any roadway, streets, places of work, and public premises throughout the FCT between August 1 and August 10 or every other day thereafter, pending the listening to and willpower of the movement on discover.
Mercenaries Concerned – Fubara
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has revealed that mercenaries and thugs have been employed from outdoors, within the guise of protest, to destroy useful infrastructure property within the state.
He maintained that that is although residents of the state had already resolved to not take part within the deliberate 10 days of nationwide protest scheduled to start as we speak.
Fubara spoke yesterday when he addressed representatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), stakeholders of the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students (NANS), Rivers State ethnic and youth teams, and Port Harcourt Motor Spare Components Sellers Union, Ikoku Department, amongst others on the Banquet Corridor of Authorities Home in Port Harcourt.
Protests are usually not options to nation’s challenges – Bishops
Catholic Bishops of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province have defined that whereas peaceable protests are a democratic proper, they don’t resolve Nigeria’s complicated issues.
The Bishops, who voiced their considerations in regards to the upcoming nationwide youth protest, warned {that a} extended protest may severely influence the already fragile financial system.
In a communiqué issued after their assembly held on the Sacred Coronary heart Pastoral/Retreat Centre in Orlu from July 30-31, the bishops highlighted the constraints of protests in addressing Nigeria’s deep-seated points.
The communiqué, signed by the president of the Catholic Bishops Convention of Nigeria (CBCN) and Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, and Most Rev. Augustine N. Echema, Bishop of Aba, referred to as for dialogue and constructive engagement between the federal government and the protesters to search out lasting options to the nation’s challenges.
Court docket Restricts Protester To Ilorin Metropolitan Sq.
A Kwara State Court docket has ordered organisers of the August 1, 2024 protest in Kwara State to limit themselves to the Metropolitan Sq. in Ilorin, the state capital.
Granting an ex parte order on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, the court docket agreed with the lawyer normal of the state and commissioner for Justice, Barr. Ibrahim Sulyman, that if protesters do as they need, such a protest may degenerate into violence.
Police deactivate ‘IED’ in Lagos
The police command in Lagos says it has deactivated an improvised explosive system (IED) from exploding within the Ikeja space of the state on Wednesday.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in Lagos, mentioned the IED, which was contained inside a bag, was dropped by the roadside close to the federal operations unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs alongside Mobolaji Financial institution Anthony Approach in Ikeja.
Hundeyin mentioned an officer on patrol recognized the person who dropped the bundle, including that the suspect got here down from an unregistered Toyota Corolla car.
