By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
Olanrewaju Ishola, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, as part of proactive measures towards ensuring a safe and secure Lagos State before, during and after the proposed #endbadgovernance protests scheduled for October 1, 2024, has met with the protest organizers in his office at the State Headquarters, Ikeja.
According to a statement issued on Saturday by Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos Police PRO, he said, “The CP assured the organizers that arrangements have been perfected with sister security agencies to provide maximum security to the protesters and other Lagosians, while urging them to remain peaceful and law abiding in all their actions.
“Meanwhile, CP Ishola has ordered the immediate and optimal deployment of human and operational resources across strategic locations in the state. In the same vein, he has charged the deployed officers to be professional, civil but firm.
“The protest organizers, on their part, gave assurances that they and their followers would be peaceful and law abiding during the protests.
“In attendance at the meeting were: Dabiradura Adeyinka, Alex Omotehnse, I. Tobiloba, Lawal Adewale, Adewale Ojo, Declan I., Funmi Jolade Ajayi, Akintunde Adedeji, Balogun Hameed, Aghedo Stephen, Edafe Oghenebrume, H.O.T. Duro, Isaac Obasi, Soweto, Oloye Adeniji, Aishat Omolara, Barrister Chuks Nwobi, Emmanuel Ajide Esq., Femi Akinyemi, Esq. (Falana & Falana Chambers) and Comrade Oguntunji.”