Police speak out amid threat of nationwide protest, see full details

• The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has cautioned against planned protests crossed assorted states of the federation
• Legit.ng gathered that the protest, organised by the 'Take It Back Movement’, is scheduled to beryllium held connected Monday, April 7, 2025
• Police said April 7 is simply a time earmarked by the national authorities arsenic the National Police Day

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering metro.

FCT, Abuja - The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reacted aft the “Take it Back Movement” planned a protestation crossed assorted states of the federation, astir particularly the national superior territory (FCT).

The protestation is scheduled to beryllium held connected Monday, April 7, 2025.

Police authorities person called connected the organisers of a nationwide protestation billed for April 7, 2025, to shelve the plan. Photo credit: @Princemoye1
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Legit.ng gathered that the time was earmarked by the federal government arsenic the National Police Day, to observe the resilience and dedication of officers and its men.

According to Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the NPF, the constabulary operatives are not against peaceful protests. Adejobi, however, stated that the constabulary are profoundly acrophobic astir the motive down the Take It Back Movement-powered protestation which could beryllium staged successful Lagos, Abuja, and different main cities.

The constabulary said:

"In enactment with champion planetary practices adopted by nations successful celebrating the achievements of its Police institution, the Nigerian authorities has taken the bull by the horns by declaring each April 7 arsenic National Police Day. The rationale down staging a nationwide protestation connected the aforesaid time is nevertheless questionable and perceived to beryllium a deliberate effort and unpatriotic enactment that is susceptible of rubbishing and maligning the representation of the Nigeria Police and the federation arsenic a whole."

Furthermore, the NPF counselled the organisers of the planned protestation to shelve the objection "as it is ill-timed and mischievous".

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, described the planned protestation arsenic ill-timed.
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It concluded:

"The Nigeria Police Force nether the enactment of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, portion reaffirming the committedness of the NPF to adequately carrying retired its mandate successful accordance with the Law and respect for rights of citizens hereby urges each the organisers of the planned protestation arsenic good arsenic individuals who mean to articulation the protestation to prosecute dialog by engaging the due instauration of authorities to property location their demands."

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The invitation is regarding a convulsive incidental that occurred during the Eid-el-Fitr 2025 procession successful Kano.

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Source: Legit.ng