Police to share sachet water, sweets to protesters in Edo
Ahead of the commencement of the #EndBadGovernance protests nationwide, the Edo state police command has expressed its readiness to protect peaceful protesters.
Disclosing this to journalists on Wednesday evening, the Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, stated that sachet water and sweets will also be shared to the protesters if the protest is peaceful.
Mr Adegboye said, “We had a meeting with some leaders of the protest, we have agreed that it must be peaceful, we are going to protect them but there will be no blocking of roads or violence.”
“Police will protect and support them with sachet water and sweet. We have agreed that they will only occupy the Kings Square, which is the venue of the protest,” he stated.
Acknowledging the right of the citizens to protest, the police commissioner assured that residents who don’t want to join the protest are free to go about their normal businesses.
Mr Adegboye, however, warned troublemakers that they would be decisively dealt with if they came close to the protest.
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