The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has warned against any form of protest across the country.

This is coming as Nigerian youths threaten to commence another protest following the freezing of accounts of EndSARS protest sponsors by CBN.

In a statement by the spokesperson for the police, Frank Mba, on Saturday, Adamu ordered all Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police across Nigeria to use force on peaceful protesters, adding that the Nigeria Police Force would not allow any form of protests in the country.

“The Inspector-General of Police, M.A Adamu, has ordered the deployment of all legitimate force to protect lives and property of citizens including police officers and personnel of other law enforcement agencies and their families and to prevent attacks on private/public assets from any violent person(s) or group(s) operating under any guise.

“The IGP restates that Commissioners of Police and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors-General of Police should resist all riotous elements forthwith and checkmate any form of violent/ riotous protests in line with Section 33 (1) & (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) which among other things provides for the use of such force as is reasonably necessary for the defense of any person from unlawful violence or for the defense of property in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained or for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny,” the statement said.

Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News