#EndSARS: Lagos Police Command ready for imposed curfew

The Lagos State Police Command says it is fully ready to enforce the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

It vowed to resist every form of anarchy, which the #EndSARS protest has allegedly brought upon Lagos State after hoodlums hijacked the protest.

Governor Sanwo-Olu had earlier imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state beginning from 4.00 pm today, Tuesday, 20 October 2020.

A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, says due to the new development of violent attacks on police officers, men and formations, including innocent Nigerians in Lagos State, and the 24-hour curfew imposed by the Lagos State Government with take effect from 4 pm of today 20th October 2020.

“The Lagos State Police Command wished to inform the general public that henceforth no protest or gathering or possession, under whatever guise, was permitted within Lagos State.”

The command said all security agencies had deployed adequate personnel to take charge and enforce the curfew across the state.

“In the same vein, the command regrets to confirm the setting ablaze of Orile Police State today at about 10 am, where some of our policemen were critically injured and unconfirmed reports state that one of them is dead.

Lagos police ready for showdown

“Its 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,” the statement says.

The statement also adds that while the command was resolute in the sustenance of human rights and democratic tenets, the general public was hereby warned to comply with the curfew and desist from any act of violence in the state as the command would resist such in totality.