PLANNED PROTEST: APC BACKS TINUBU ON 1999 CONSTITUTION
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Amidst apprehension of a planned nationwide protest, the All Progressives Congress has urged organisers of the protest to shelve its agitation to have President Bola Tinubu scrap the 1999 Constitution, describing it as a tall order.
Speaking in Abuja after a meeting held behind closed doors with the Forum of APC State Chairmen to discuss the modalities of the proposed protest, the National Secretary of the party, Senator Ajibola Basiru, said the renewed agitation to have the President dump the constitution he vowed to protect, would amount to a mission impossible.
According to Senator Basiru, President Tinubu alone lacks the power to dump or alter the 1999 Constitution in any form.
Senator Basiru added that on an intellectual basis, the meeting of the National Working Committee of the party examined the fifteen charter of demands outlined by the organisers of the protest, and discovered that most of the issues raised there are not matters for protest, because they border on the issue of politics and amendments to the constitution.
Ahead of the planned nationwide protest slated to start August 1, police authorities have requested the details of the demonstrators.While briefing journalists in Abuja on Friday, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, specifically asked all groups planning to participate in the demonstrations to submit their details to the commissioners of police in their respective states.
The reason he gave was that the protest was peaceful.
“We acknowledge the constitutional right of Nigerian citizens to peaceful assembly and protest,” the police boss said.
“However, in the interest of public safety and order, we urge all groups planning to protest to provide necessary details to the Commissioner of Police in the state where the protest is intended to take place.
To facilitate a successful and incident-free protest, they should please provide the following information: state the proposed protest routes and assembly points; expected duration of the protest; and names and contact details of protest leaders and organisers.”
The IG added that the information expected from the organisers also includes measures to prevent hijacking by criminal elements, as well as key identifiers for possible isolation of potential troublemakers.
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