POLICE COMMANDS BRACE FOR FRESH NATIONWIDE PROTEST

The police authorities have placed their men on red alert ahead of a fresh nationwide protest slated for Monday (today) by the Take-It-Back Movement and other civil society groups.

The Nigeria Police Force said it had deployed its personnel in strategic locations while warning the protesters to shelve the planned demonstration, which was meant to protest the worsening hardship in the country, clampdowns on civil liberties, and the crisis in Rivers State.

However, the National Coordinator of the Take-It-Back Movement, Juwon Sanyaolu, said the protest equally aimed to confront issues surrounding the misuse of the Cybercrime Act, stating that the group would not back down on the rally.

The civil disobedience comes nine months after the #EndBadGovernance protests, which were held last August to protest the high costs of living in the country.

In Abuja, the organisers said they would converge at the National Assembly.

The protest coincides with the commemoration of the maiden National Police Day.