Suspended SUG President: Ogun Command Warns Parents, Students To Steer Clear Of Solidarity Protest

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA

Plans to stage a statewide protest in Ogun State in solidarity with the suspended SUG President of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, who was recently arrested for cultism have been leaked.

The Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command however advised parents and guardians to warn their children and wards not to involve themselves in any activity capable of disrupting the peace enjoying by the good people of the state, just as the command will view such act with all seriousness.

DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command have this warning in a statement made available to Daily Dispatch on Sunday in Abeokuta confirming an intelligence report at their disposal that some misguided students are planning the protest.

Command spokesman revealed that the aim of the protest was to disrupt the semester examination of the institution scheduled to start on Monday, February 17th, 2020 and also to disturb the peace of the state in general.

“In view of this, the Ogun State police command, and as an organization saddled with the constitutional responsibility to protect life and property, the command will not fold its arms and watching some disgruntled elements making life difficult for law abiding citizens of the state.

“Therefore, anybody or group that makes any attempt to throw the state into unnecessary chaos will be made to feel the full weight of the law.

“To this end, all the command’s tactical squads have been activated and deployed accross the state to nip in the bud any act of violence capable of jeopardizing the peaceful atmosphere of the state.

“The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kenneth Ebrimson has also deployed a detachment of anti riot policemen around the polytechnic, Ilaro to ensure that the law abiding students of the institution go about their academic activities without any form of harassment or intimidation,” Oyeyemi opined.