{"id":843302,"date":"2025-04-24T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/police-warns-against-ill-timed-nationwide-protest\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:13:16","slug":"police-warns-against-ill-timed-nationwide-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/police-warns-against-ill-timed-nationwide-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Warns Against \u201cIll-Timed\u201d Nationwide Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"post-119194\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/police-warns-against-ill-timed-nationwide-protest\/\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-article-cont\">\n<header id=\"mvp-post-head\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/category\/society\/\"><span>Society<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>deeply concerned about the motive behind such protest<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41b9d85fb4ddd7d0e51e83197cb9d74de019ba861f24507164d195c9de29dfe0?s=46&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"46\" width=\"46\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Published<\/p>\n<p><span>3 weeks ago<\/span><\/p>\n<p>on<\/p>\n<p><span><time itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-04-06\">April 6, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-04-07 8:19 am\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"mvp-post-content\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<p><img width=\"890\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Police-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Police logo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  ><\/p>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Police-logo.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"881\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force has read in the news that a group called\u00a0 \u201cTake it Back Movement\u201d is planning a protest across various states of the Federation, most especially the Federal Capital Territory, scheduled to hold on Monday 7th April, 2025, a day earmarked by the Federal Government as the National Police Day, to celebrate the resilience and dedication of officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force.<\/p>\n<p>While not against the exercise of citizens right to peaceful assembly and association in Nigeria as enshrined in the Constitution, the Nigeria Police Force is deeply concerned about the motive behind such protest scheduled on the same day the contributions of the Nigeria Police Force to national security is to be celebrated, putting into consideration that such glamorous event would bring together dignitaries from all spheres of life both internationally and within the country, including Foreign\u00a0 Inspectors-General of Police and Diplomats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In line with best global practices adopted by nations in celebrating the achievements of its Police institution, the Nigerian Government has taken the bull by the horn by declaring every April 7 as National Police Day. The rationale behind staging a nationwide protest on the same day is however questionable and perceived to be a deliberate attempt and unpatriotic act that is capable of rubbishing and maligning the image of the Nigeria Police and the nation as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force hereby advises the organizers to shelve this planned protest as it is ill-timed and mischievous.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force under the leadership of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, while reaffirming the commitment of the NPF to adequately carrying out its mandate in accordance with the Law and respect for rights of citizens hereby urges all the organizers of the planned protest as well as individuals who intend to join the protest to pursue dialogue by engaging the proper institution of government to press home their demands.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, mnipr, mipra, fCAI,, FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA \u2013 6TH APRIL 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" id=\"mvp-content-bot\">\n<div itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Societynow-Logo.png\"><\/p>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Societynow-Logo.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"SocietyNow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Continue Reading<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/on.ubagroup.com\/OnboardingSocietyNow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/728x90.png\" width=\"972\" height=\"252\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Society Now<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/societynow.ng\/police-warns-against-ill-timed-nationwide-protest\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Society deeply concerned about the motive behind such protest Published 3 weeks ago on April 6, 2025 The Nigeria Police Force has read in the news that a group called\u00a0 \u201cTake it Back Movement\u201d is planning a protest across various states of the Federation, most especially the Federal Capital Territory, scheduled to hold on Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":843303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,359],"tags":[5496,5192],"class_list":{"0":"post-843302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-police","8":"category-warns","9":"tag-police","10":"tag-warns"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}