The Edo Police Command promised to assist and protect those participating in the demonstrations against the state’s poor leadership.
If protestors demonstrate peacefully, CP Funsho Adegboye, the Commissioner of Police, said that they will receive candies and sachet water.
In remarks to the media on Wednesday night, he said that protesting is a citizen’s right and that locals who choose not to participate in the demonstration can go about their everyday lives.
He said,
“We had a meeting with some leaders of the protest, we have agreed that it must be peaceful, we are going to protect them but there will be no blocking of roads or violence.
“Police will protect and support them with sachet water and sweet. We have agreed that they will only occupy the Kings square which is the venue of the protest”
