Soldiers, Police to enforce curfew in Lagos
The police said that security agencies will deploy officers to enforce the curfew
File photo of soldiers
Following the imposition of curfew in Lagos by the state government, soldiers, police as well as officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been directed to enforce the order.
Also to join in the enforcement are officials from the Lagos State Neighborhood Corps (LSNC).
The enforcement order is to commence from 4 pm on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, said due to “violent attacks on police officers and men and formations including innocent Nigerians in Lagos State, and the 24 hour curfew imposed by the Lagos State Government with effect from 4pm of today 20th October, 2020, the Lagos State Police Command would wish to inform the general public that henceforth no protest or gathering or procession, under whatever guise, is permitted within Lagos State”.
Adejobi said in the light of the above, all security agencies have been directed to deploy adequate personnel to take charge and enforce the curfew across the state.
He said in the same vein, the command regrets to confirm the setting ablaze of Orile Police Station on Tuesday at about 10 am, where some of police were critically injured.
Unconfirmed reports state that one of them is dead.
“It’s crystal clear that the #EndSARS protest has been hijacked by hoodlums who want to run down the state and the police command will resist such state of anarchy, unrest and brouhaha with all powers within the ambit of the law.
“While the command is resolute in sustenance of human rights and democratic tenets, the general public is hereby warned to comply with the curfew and desist from any act of violence in the state as the command will resist such in totality”, he added.
Governor Babajide Samwo-Olu, who announced the imposition of the curfew, said nobody apart from essential service providers and first responders must be seen on the streets.