Yoruba Nation: No Rally Is Allowed In Lagos — Odumosu

Lagos State Police Command has warned Oduduwa Republic agitators
against planned Saturday mega rally in Lagos.

The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu , at a press
conference yesterday in a stern warning said the Command would not
fold its hands and allow disgruntled elements to truncate the peace
being enjoyed in the state.

He said: “The attention of Lagos State Police Command has been
drawn to the news making rounds and a press statement signed by Mr
OlayomiKoiki dated 30th June, 2021, that some individuals have
concluded plans to stage a mega rally, in continuation of the
secessionist agenda for Oodua Republic, on 3rd July, 2021, at Gani
Fawehimi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos State.

“The Lagos State Police Command, hereby, warns that no rally
will be allowed, under whatever guise, in any part of the state.
The Command, therefore, warns the organizers and their followers
against staging the planned rally and stay clear of streets of
Lagos for the interest of the State and the general public as
anyone caught participating or facilitating the rally will be dealt
with within the ambits of the law.

“Lagos State cannot afford to experience any security lapses,
breakdown of law and order and threat to public peace at the
moment, considering the negative effects and reoccurring agonies of
the October, 2020 violent #Endsars crisis that led to massive
destruction of public and private facilities while some Police
personnel paid the supreme price. This is in addition to many
Police Stations, barracks, officers’ personal properties that were
set ablaze during this period. The Command is still going through
those harrowing experiences. The Command will not be cajoled by the
so-called organizers that the rally will be peaceful. That was the
same slogan adopted by the organizers of the #Endsars protest that
was eventually snowballed into crises with attendant massive
destruction of lives and properties. The Police will not submit to
their antics.

“It would be recalled that on the 12th June, 2021 there was a
rumored stay-at-home order purported to have been issued by a group
which was immediately debunked by Lagos State Police Command. On
this note, the Command still reaffirms that on no account will any
actual or rumored activities including the said planned mega rally
be allowed to lockdown the state or hinder normal daily activities
of the good people of Lagos State.

“Intelligent report available to the Police indicates that some
disgruntled elements have perfected plans to infiltrate the ranks
of the protesters and cause more mayhem and seize the opportunity
to attack and loot properties of a law-abiding citizen of the
state.

“Similarly it has gotten to the knowledge of the Command that
the organizers’ footsoldiers and mobilizers have concluded plans to
embark on procession on the streets of Lagos as part of the
programme for the mega rally. The effect of this, if allowed to
come to fruition is better known than imagined on the security,
traffic and economic activities of a cosmopolitan state, like
Lagos.

It has also come to the knowledge of the command that the rally
arranged to take place at Gani Fawehimi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos,
has been planned by some other yet-to-be identified groups to
simultaneously take place in LekKi Toll Gate, Ikoyi, Iyana-Ipaja,
Ikeja, Surulere, Ikorodu and other areas. This, if allowed could be
a fatal ground to anarchy.

“Intelligence also reveals that one Elewe-omo, a transport Union
Leader in Ibadan, Oyo State, has perfected plan to attack the
organizers of the rally as a reappraisal attack to the death of one
of his Followers allegedly killed by one Sunday Igboho’s group
during a similar rally organized in Ibadan, Oyo State sometimes
ago.

The cumulative effect of all these is threat to law and order in
the State. The Command will not fold its hands and allow
disgruntled elements to truncate the peace being enjoyed in the
state.

“The Command hereby appeals to the general public, especially
Lagosians to shun the rally while parents and guardians are urged
to discourage their children and wards from participating in the
rally. The general public and all law abiding people of Lagos State
are hereby urged to go about their normal daily activities as the
Police Command and other security agencies have, as usual, put
measures in place to provide adequate and water-tight security for
all and sundry in the state”.

Lagos State Police Command has warned Oduduwa Republic agitators
against planned Saturday mega rally in Lagos.

The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu , at a press
conference yesterday in a stern warning said the Command would not
fold its hands and allow disgruntled elements to truncate the peace
being enjoyed in the state.

He said: “The attention of Lagos State Police Command has been
drawn to the news making rounds and a press statement signed by Mr
OlayomiKoiki dated 30th June, 2021, that some individuals have
concluded plans to stage a mega rally, in continuation of the
secessionist agenda for Oodua Republic, on 3rd July, 2021, at Gani
Fawehimi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos State.

“The Lagos State Police Command, hereby, warns that no rally
will be allowed, under whatever guise, in any part of the state.
The Command, therefore, warns the organizers and their followers
against staging the planned rally and stay clear of streets of
Lagos for the interest of the State and the general public as
anyone caught participating or facilitating the rally will be dealt
with within the ambits of the law.

“Lagos State cannot afford to experience any security lapses,
breakdown of law and order and threat to public peace at the
moment, considering the negative effects and reoccurring agonies of
the October, 2020 violent #Endsars crisis that led to massive
destruction of public and private facilities while some Police
personnel paid the supreme price. This is in addition to many
Police Stations, barracks, officers’ personal properties that were
set ablaze during this period. The Command is still going through
those harrowing experiences. The Command will not be cajoled by the
so-called organizers that the rally will be peaceful. That was the
same slogan adopted by the organizers of the #Endsars protest that
was eventually snowballed into crises with attendant massive
destruction of lives and properties. The Police will not submit to
their antics.

“It would be recalled that on the 12th June, 2021 there was a
rumored stay-at-home order purported to have been issued by a group
which was immediately debunked by Lagos State Police Command. On
this note, the Command still reaffirms that on no account will any
actual or rumored activities including the said planned mega rally
be allowed to lockdown the state or hinder normal daily activities
of the good people of Lagos State.

“Intelligent report available to the Police indicates that some
disgruntled elements have perfected plans to infiltrate the ranks
of the protesters and cause more mayhem and seize the opportunity
to attack and loot properties of a law-abiding citizen of the
state.

“Similarly it has gotten to the knowledge of the Command that
the organizers’ footsoldiers and mobilizers have concluded plans to
embark on procession on the streets of Lagos as part of the
programme for the mega rally. The effect of this, if allowed to
come to fruition is better known than imagined on the security,
traffic and economic activities of a cosmopolitan state, like
Lagos.

It has also come to the knowledge of the command that the rally
arranged to take place at Gani Fawehimi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos,
has been planned by some other yet-to-be identified groups to
simultaneously take place in LekKi Toll Gate, Ikoyi, Iyana-Ipaja,
Ikeja, Surulere, Ikorodu and other areas. This, if allowed could be
a fatal ground to anarchy.

“Intelligence also reveals that one Elewe-omo, a transport Union
Leader in Ibadan, Oyo State, has perfected plan to attack the
organizers of the rally as a reappraisal attack to the death of one
of his Followers allegedly killed by one Sunday Igboho’s group
during a similar rally organized in Ibadan, Oyo State sometimes
ago.

The cumulative effect of all these is threat to law and order in
the State. The Command will not fold its hands and allow
disgruntled elements to truncate the peace being enjoyed in the
state.

“The Command hereby appeals to the general public, especially
Lagosians to shun the rally while parents and guardians are urged
to discourage their children and wards from participating in the
rally. The general public and all law abiding people of Lagos State
are hereby urged to go about their normal daily activities as the
Police Command and other security agencies have, as usual, put
measures in place to provide adequate and water-tight security for
all and sundry in the state”.