BREAKING: Full details of Falana, others’ meeting with IGP over hardship protest emerge

• IGP Kayode Egbetokun held a digital meeting on Tuesday, July 30, with some successfully-known participants supporting the proposed ‘Cease Spoiled Governance’ jabber
• Legit.ng reviews that amongst these that attended the meeting were senior advocates of Nigeria
• The IGP called for the meeting “to deliberate further” on the planned nationwide demonstrations

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of skills covering metro and authorities actions.

Ikeja, Lagos divulge – A human rights approved expert, Inibehe Effiong, on Tuesday evening, July 30, narrated how a key meeting with the inspector-traditional of police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, went.

Legit.ng had reported that Egbetokun, on Tuesday, July 30, met with lawyers and activists who bear spoken in make stronger of easy protests planned by young Nigerians in opposition to authorities policies.

The digital meeting used to be attended by Egbetokun; police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi; senior advocates Femi Falana and Ebun Adegboruwa as successfully as Effiong.

Providing some significant aspects of the meeting by the spend of his verified X (previously Twitter) handle, Effiong wrote:

“The meeting used to be held with regards to this afternoon and had about 16 attendees. The meeting used to be convened by the IGP primarily based totally on the letter by Mr Adegboruwa to the IGP on behalf of the Steal It Relieve Trail (TIB).”

The suitable practitioner persisted:

“The IGP also urged (or ought to easy I narrate took the topic) that the protests ought to easy be confined to particular locations).

“This made me to inquire of the IGP without prolong if the police will disrupt any jabber that is held originate air the locations which had been communicated to him; given his advice that protesters ought to easy no longer embark on marches or rallies nevertheless ought to easy be restricted to identified venues.

“The IGP answered to me that there’s no longer one of these thing as a thought to disrupt rallies on the road or any jabber held originate air the ‘designated’ venues.

“On the different hand, he further indicated that the police can’t guarantee the safety of protesters who’re no longer confined to the locations which had been communicated to him or CPs within the varied states.”

Court restricts protests in Lagos

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a Lagos excessive court restricted Nigerians planning to rob fragment within the August 1 nationwide jabber to the Peace Park in Ketu home of Lagos divulge and the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota.

The court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Ogundare pronounced the restraint on Tuesday, July 30, following a preemptive exparte utility filed by the divulge approved expert-traditional and commissioner for justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN).

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