Ahead of the October 1 planned nationwide protest, the Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola, has deployed operatives and operational equipment across the state.

The command’s public relations officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, after the police commissioner held a meeting with the organisers of the proposed protest in Ikeja.

Mr Hundeyin in the statement said that, “CP Ishola has ordered the immediate and optimal deployment of human and operational resources across strategic locations in the state, adding that, “he has charged the deployed officers to be professional, civil but firm.”

The command’s spokesperson stated that the police commissioner “assured the organisers that arrangements have been perfected with sister security agencies to provide maximum security to the protesters and other Lagosians, while urging them to remain peaceful and law-abiding in all their actions.”

He said, “the protest organisers, on their part, gave assurances that they and their followers would be peaceful and law-abiding during the protests.”

He said those present at the meeting include, Dabiradura Adeyinka, Alex Omotehnse, I. Tobiloba, Lawal Adewale, Adewale Ojo, Declan I., Funmi Jolade Ajayi, Akintunde Adedeji, Balogun Hameed, Aghedo Stephen, Edafe Oghenebrume, H.O.T. Duro, Isaac Obasi, Soweto, Oloye Adeniji, Aishat Omolara, Barrister Chuks Nwobi, Emmanuel Ajide Esq., Femi Akinyemi, Esq. (Falana & Falana Chambers) and Comrade Oguntunji. 

Mr Hundeyin said the meeting with the protesters was part of proactive measures to ensure a safe and secure state before, during and after the demonstrations.