During a meeting with the event organizers on Tuesday, the
Inspector General of Police (IGP) proposed restricting protests to designated
locations and discouraged street rallies.
“It is not advisable to go on street processions because as
you are planning peaceful protests, some are planning violence,” Egbetokun
cautioned.
However, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, one of the lawyers for the
Take It Back Movement, one of the groups organising the nationwide protests,
rejected the proposal of the IGP.
Previously, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ebun-Olu
Adegboruwa sent a letter to the Inspector General of Police requesting the
contact information of the officer assigned to oversee the upcoming public
gatherings, rallies, and processions in order to guarantee a peaceful and
trouble-free event.
The lawyer, acting in the capacity of a solicitor for the
"Take it Back Movement," enumerated several locations of convergence
for the upcoming public meetings, rallies, and processions. These locations
include Eagle Square in Abuja, Alausa Park in Lagos, and the area opposite Wema
Bank on Akpakpava Lane in Benin City.
The other locations are opposite the School of Agric,
Bauchi; Rosewale Filling Station, Iwo Road, Ibadan; Maiduguri Roundabout,
opposite State Stadium, Damaturu, Yobe State; Rainbow Roundabout and Pantani
Stadium, River and Freedom Park, Osogbo.
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