Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has instructed senior police officers to provide protection for participants in the upcoming #EndBadGovernance protests scheduled for August 1-10, 2024.
Gatekeepers News reports that this directive comes after human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) requested police protection for the hunger protesters in a letter dated July 28, 2024.
In a letter signed by his Principal Staff Officer, CP Johnson Adenola, the police chief stated, “I am to inform you that the Inspector General of Police has directed the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (Operations and Intelligence), the Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) in charge of Zonal Police Headquarters, and the Commissioners of Police (CPs) in charge of State Commands across the country to attend to your request.”
Also, the IGP requested a meeting with Adegboruwa at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday to further discuss the request.
The letter read, “I am also to inform you that the Inspector General of Police wishes to have a meeting with you… to deliberate further on your request.”
