Abuja Police Chief warns against protests over economic hardship, cites infrastructure risks
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, has called on residents to shun the nationwide protest scheduled for August 1.
Speaking with newsmen on Monday, July 22, he said: “I want to appeal specifically to the residents and indigenes and everybody in the FCT. Please, lions do not d£§troy their dens. You cannot see a lion who d£§troys its den.
No, I would not like you to join this protest. I plead with you because we have worked hard to ensure your safety. We have fought those people outside Abuja. We have been to Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Niger to fight crim+nals so that you can be safe. I have lost men.
Last week alone in Gidango, I lost two policemen. The other day, I lost two more. Let our loss pay for the protest. I want to plead with you. We don’t need you to be in the streets before somebody will say they are trying the police’s might. Or you will say, you will do this, you will do that. Please, please, don’t destroy where you are living. If you check, the government has provided good roads.
