Political campaign rallies will not be allowed at the Lekki toll gate, the Lagos Police command has warned politicians in the State ahead of the 2023 elections.
This is warning is against the background of plans by some political associations to hold a rally on October 1 at the Lekki toll gate the scene of a blood bath during the SARS protests of 2021.
Lagos State police PRO Benjamin Hundeyin, said in statement on Friday: “It has become imperative to reemphasise that no form of rally whatsoever will be allowed at the Lekki Toll gate.
“This emphasis has become necessary to enlighten Nigerians that might be misled into converging at the toll gate.
“A court of competent jurisdiction has ruled that no person is allowed to converge at the Lekki Toll gate for whatever reason, he said.
Hundeyin said that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi has warned that anyone who disobeyed the court order would be prosecuted.”
“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.”
