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Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has warned hoodlums who might want to hide under the planned August 1 nationwide protest against hardship, to unleash mayhem in the state to drop their evil plots.
The CP assured that the State Police Command has the capacity to provide adequate security in the state at all times, adding that the command will not tolerate any violence or any protest that threatens the fragile peace in the State.
Addressing newsmen at the venue of a security conference he organised for unit heads under the State Police Command, CP Itam stated that nobody or group had so far notified the command that they would stage or participate in the planned nationwide protest.
He promised that though his command would not stop any person or group of persons from participating in the national protest so long as the exercise would be peaceful, but it was important that any group participating in the protest should write the command.
The state police boss, however, appealed to those planning to stage the protest to drop the idea because hoodlums might want to seize the opportunity to cause serious breakdown of law and order; engage in looting and other forms of criminalities.
He added that if any group would insist on going ahead to stage the protest, then the leaders of the group should come forward to the state police command to identify themselves, the areas where they would converge, and other details that would enable the state police command provide them with adequate security during the event.
In his words, “Let me state clearly that the Police is mandated to regulate assemblies and protect peaceful protesters who are identified as well as their routes and or locations of interest.
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