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Police Warn Protesters Waving Foreign Flags, Calling For Military Takeover
The Nigeria Police Force has warned against the display of foreign flags and a call for a military takeover of the democratically elected government during the ongoing nationwide protests, describing such actions as treasonable felonies.
A statement issued in Abuja yesterday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, explained that the police frowned at the wave of violent protests, particularly in Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, and Katsina states, where of protesters brandished foreign flags.
Acc ording to the statement, ongoing investigations reveal that protest organisers in the states mentioned above are luring innocent children into participating in this unpatriotic and criminal act, saying that over 90 suspects have been arrested, including tailors who sewed the flags and their sponsors.
The statement added that efforts are underway to apprehend others who sponsored the production of the flags and fuelled these treasonable acts.
The statement said: “The display of foreign flags and calls for a military takeover constitutes a clear treasonable offence, revealing the motives of protest organizers to destabilise Nigeria’s democratic government.”
It noted that tensions from the ongoing protests have eased following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s address on August 4, 2024, stressing that some groups persist in subversive campaigns in the form of violent and unlawful protests, characterised by the destruction of public infrastructure and private property, looting, the display of foreign flags, and calls for a military takeover.
According to the statement, the individuals and groups would be treated as subversive agents and charged accordingly.
The statement further disclosed that Inspector General of Police Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has directed Deputy Inspectors General of Police for the Northwest and Northeast zones, DIGs Bala Ciroma and Bello Makwashi, to take charge of operations in the states within the two geopolitical zones where subversive campaigns are ongoing under the guise of protests.
It added that they are tasked with stabilising the situation and preventing further violence in the affected states, assuring that the Nigeria Police Force reiterates that the use of foreign flags during protests and openly calling for a military takeover of the government is a capital offence under Nigerian law.
The Nigeria Police Force also saluted Nigerians who have refused to participate in and indeed spoke out against the ill-timed protest out of sheer patriotism and belief in the government’s genuine efforts to put the country on the path of economic recovery and growth and acknowledged the patriotism of those who peacefully participated in the protests but withdrew when they turned violent, and those who heeded the President’s call to embrace dialogue by withdrawing from the protests.
It assured that the police force remained committed to maintaining peace, protecting the nation’s heritage, and working with the public to ensure the safety and stability of Nigeria.
Rivers state Deputy Governor Professor Ngozi Nma Odu has commended “The Port Harcourt City One Love,”a Port Harcourt based humanitarian orgnisation For it’s commitment towards alleviating the sufferings of the poor and vulnerable in the society.
Professor Ngozi Nma Odu said this while speaking at this year’s edition of “operation feed the needy” a yearly outreach program of “The Port Harcourt City One Love ” in Port Harcourt.
The Deputy Governor said by feeding more than sixty thousands hungry people within the past six years, the Port Harcourt City One Love Movement has distinguished itself as a club that cares for the less privilege in the society.
She commended the , organization for listing eleven thousand persons to be fed in the current exercise.
Meanwhile The Port Harcourt City One Love has planned a permanent solution to the problem of feeding the poor in the state.
The leader of the group Mr Idaere Gogo Ogan who said this in an interview with newsmen during the distribution of food items to the poor and vulnerables in Port Harcourt said the organization is planning a permanent food kitchen where poor and vulnerable persons can work in anytime and get fed.
Idaere Gogo Ogan said more than sixty thousands poor and vulnerable persons across Port Harcourt City and environs have been fed since the inception of “The operation feed the needy” program six years ago,adding that so far sixty thousands poor and vulnerable persons have beneffited.
He described the group as a platform to promote friendship, brotherhood, community development empathy and feeding the less privilege and hungry people
“That’s what we are doing today here,so we started the exercise six years ago”.he said.
Ogan said the effort was a private sector driven initiative but added “it also involves people in Government because the platform does not recognize any division,we bring everybody together in unity , friendship and brotherhood”he said.
He said the effort will go along way in alleviating hunger especially following the prevailing hunger in the country.
According to him “you know the country is very tough, people are hungry people are starving, there is a whole lot of economic hardship,so for us, this is just our own way of reaching out, our own social contribution to what is very difficult”he said.
Over eleven thousand persons were fed in the just concluded exercise.
Areas of coverage include, Isaac Boro park, Port Harcourt prison/Macoba, Borokiri/Enugu waterside Bundu areas Waterlines and others.
Some of the beneficiaries including an 80 years old widow commended the movement for the annual programm and urged other organizations to emulate them
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