No rally will be tolerated at the Lekki Toll Gate on Oct. 1, the Lagos Police Command has said.
A statement issued on Friday by the command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin warned that it would enforce a court judgment barring protesters from converging at the facility.
Hundeyin said, “It has become imperative to reemphasise that no form of rally whatsoever will be allowed at the Lekki Toll gate tomorrow.
“This emphasis has become necessary to enlighten Nigerians that might be misled into converging at the toll gate.
He noted that a court of competent jurisdiction had recently ruled that no person is allowed to converge at the Lekki Toll gate for whatever reason.
He said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi has warned that anyone who disobeyed the court order would be prosecuted.
He added: “While the Command is not averse to the peoples’ right to freedom of assembly and association; and expression, the Command will equally live up to its mandate of ensuring that no person or group of persons is allowed to infringe on the fundamental human rights of others, especially rights to freedom of movement and right to dignity of human persons.
“The warning, therefore, goes that anyone found flouting the court order or infringing on the rights of other Nigerians will be dealt with in accordance with the law.”