Mr. Simon Lalong, Governor, Plateau State.
By Abasifreke Effiong
Governo Simon Lalong, has directed police to arrest anyone found protesting, during the ongoing ban on procession in the Plateau State last.
Some residents of the State are planning to protest recent killings in the state by bandits on Tuesday.
Plateau State Government in a statement on Monday warned the planners of the protest to drop the plan.
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“It has come to the notice of the Plateau State Government that there are rumours of a planned protest beginning tomorrow Tuesday 7th September, 2021.”
“While Government acknowledges and respects the right of citizens to peaceful protest, it however reminds the general public that the ban on public procession by whatever guise and name is still in force particularly at this time that the State is still nursing its wounds from the recent attacks that affected some parts of the State”.
“Government therefore warns the organisers of the purported protest to drop the idea in the interest of peace and security”, the statement signed by Dan Manjang, Commissioner for
Information and Communication, reads.
Bandits have continued to wreck havoc across the state.
Two people were killed last week Thursday beside a Church in Mararaba Pushit, Mangu local government area of Plateau State, the hometown of the Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Professor Sonni Tyoden.
