{"id":63872,"date":"2025-04-06T17:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63872"},"modified":"2025-04-06T17:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:16:41","slug":"police-day-tension-builds-security-chiefs-frown-at-protest-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/06\/police-day-tension-builds-security-chiefs-frown-at-protest-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Day: Tension builds, Security Chiefs Frown at Protest Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tension is building ahead of Nigeria\u2019s first National Police Day, as the Nigeria Police Force has raised alarm over a planned protest by the &#8220;Take it Back Movement&#8221; scheduled for Monday, April 7, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The protest, expected to sweep across multiple states and notably in the Federal Capital Territory, coincides with the official celebration recognising the service and sacrifices of police officers nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>High-profile dignitaries and foreign guests, including Inspectors-General of Police from other countries and international diplomats, are slated to attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Force warned that the timing of the protest appears to be a calculated move that could cast a shadow over the national celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Though affirming respect for the right to peaceful assembly, the police questioned the motives behind staging demonstrations on such a significant day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This planned action is suspicious and could be interpreted as an attempt to disrupt the peace and dampen the spirit of national pride,&#8221; the police cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, maintained that while the police remain committed to democratic freedoms, organisers should explore dialogue with relevant authorities rather than proceed with protests that risk undermining national unity and the day\u2019s significance.<\/p>\n<p>The police force urged citizens and protest organisers to prioritise peace and national interest, warning of potential disruptions if the protest goes ahead as planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Tension is building ahead of Nigeria\u2019s first National Police Day, as the Nigeria Police Force has raised alarm over a planned protest by the &#8220;Take it Back Movement&#8221; scheduled for Monday, April 7, 2025. The protest, expected to sweep across multiple states and notably in the Federal Capital Territory, coincides with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63874,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63872\/revisions\/63874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}