The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Benneth Igweh, has appealed to residents of Abuja to shun the planned nationwide protest, to prevent the destruction of new infrastructure recently put in place by the FCT administration and President Bola Tinubu.
Igwe made this call on Monday 22 July as the date for proposed protest against economic hardship in the country by unnamed groups approaches.
The FCT Police boss also paraded the mastermind of the armed robbery gang that murdered retired Brigadier General Uwen Harold Udokwerre in Abuja on June 22, 2024.
Speaking on the proposed protest, Igweh said, “Lions do not destroy their den. We have toiled so much to ensure and provide security for the FCT. In the cause of this, we have gone to Kaduna, we have gone to Kogi, we have gone to Nasarawa to fish out our criminals who came to disturb the peace of Abuja.
“In this process, we have lost officers. Last week we lost two officers, the previous week, we lost one officer over efforts at providing security and safeguarding residents. We don’t want to lose any more people.
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“So please dont allow the destruction of what the minister, what Mr President is doing. We have been in this FCT, we know when there are changes, roads, infrastructure. I am pleading with residents, do not join this protest. We don’t want miscreants to come from outside the FCT to come and start destroying them. We will go back to square one where we were before. I plead, I beg of you, do not join this protest.
While urging residents of the FCT to collectively make FCT safe, Igweh stressed the need for the residents to show a good example by shunning the planned protest and creating an enabling environment for the police to secure the FCT.
