Police Deploys 4,200 Policemen Ahead of Hunger Protest

 

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the deployment of 4,200 policemen in Abuja ahead of the planned nationwide protest against hunger and hardship.

 

The police also announced the deployment of explosive ordinance device experts at various strategic locations.

 

The command in a statement on Friday by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the deployment was to ensure public safety, protection of protesters and to prevent the protests from being hijacked by non-state actors.

 

She added that there would be raids on identified black spots, uncompleted buildings/shanties, and stop and search operations among others in collaboration with sister security agencies.

 

Details later…