The Nigerian Police has explained why it dispersed the protesting #RevolutionNow movement on Monday in Lagos.
According to an Area Commander, Tijani Fatai, the protesters were not permitted to stage the protest adding that the gathering was unlawful.
“There gathering is unlawful, an unlawful gathering is meant to be dispersed,” the Area Commander, Area C, ACP Tijani Fatai said on Monday.
“There is not going to be any protest nobody contacted the police whether peaceful or not they were not permitted to protest.”
“These threats include threats of sabotage, threats of subversion, threat of terrorism and, of course, ethnic agitations, separatist agitations, economic sabotage and others,” DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya said on Sunday.
“If we are operating as a responsible security organisation and someone is calling for revolution in Nigeria, we must understand the meaning of revolution.”
The protesters had converged on the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos on Monday to demand the release of SaharaReporter’s publisher Omoyele Sowore’s but they were forcefully dispersed by soldiers and policemen.
