The Lagos state police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, has insisted not to allow the mass protest Innocent 2face Idibia- popular known as 2baba is planning, to take place.
The police said “hoodlums” are already planning to hijack the Innocent 2face Idibia-led protest against the federal government.
According to the commissioner ‘2baba’ does not have the capacity to contain crowds.
“Information reaching us revealed that some hoodlums are planning to hijack the peaceful protest,” Owoseni was quoted as saying.
“And as such, we won’t allow it to hold in Lagos. We know that Tuface do not have the capacity to contain such a crowd and we will not fold our hands and watch while things go out of hand.”
After Idibia made known his intention to champion the protest, several celebrities publicly displayed support for it, expressing willingness to join.
The protest was initially billed to hold on Sunday, but was later pushed forward to Monday – the same day President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country from the UK, where he has been on vacation.
Idibia had announced that it would commence at National Stadium, Surulere and end at National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.
meanwhile but Nigerians have taken to the social media to vent their disappointment of the Nigeria Police Force(NPF) over the planned protest. They wondered why the police cannot protect the protest instead of threatening to stop it with claims that it would be hijacked by hoodlums.
mmaJay @Iam_EmmaJay Instead of Lagos Police stopping TuBaba’s Feb 6 protest, how about making available adequate Police personnel to make sure it’s peaceful
Nobody wants to hijack any protest dear Lagos police, we are simply tired, mislead,beaten,lied to,we are exhausted and sore.Enough is enough
Unfortunately, Lagos Police Commissioner Owoseni Fatai@OwoseniFA is on course to ruining his rather fine reputationhttps://twitter.com/Omojuwa/status/827075718395863040 …
“Lagos Police” should not test the patience of we the masses o, its a peaceful protest not a war.
Since d Lagos police has gotn info abt hoodlum planned hijack of#IStandWithNigeria protest.d best thing to do is provide adequate security!
for God-sake “Lagos Police” Tuface is not organizing a war here but something that could change your life too for good not the other way oo
Lagos police should kill any fool who comes out for any#IStandWithNigeria match.
Which useless Nigeria you stand for?
The iconic singer on Tuesday explained the purpose of the march and the reason why he has a vested interest in it.
He said: “This march is about demanding that all saboteurs of good government policies should hands off. This march is about encouraging positive minded Nigerians, serious, hardworking, genuine, patriotic Nigerians to continue to work without intimidation. The problem of Nigeria goes beyond just one person, it goes beyond the president.
“The problem of Nigeria is just a handful of people that don’t want things to go well. We have a system that is clearly defined not to work for the majority.
“It is not a platform for politicians to manipulate. I know you will still spin it but for one second leave your battles aside and just listen to people without trying to score cheap political points against one another.
“It is not a point scoring exercise, it is not personal, it is not an organised labor platform. It is not a ‘my religion’ or ‘my tribe is better than your tribe’ matter. All our blood is red, all of us bleed, all of us feel pain.
“So I, Innocent Idibia, am a living example of a Nigerian who owes their success to Nigerians of every tribe and religion. No one asked what tribe or religion I was before supporting me and I’m grateful.”
