Lagos 2027: Police ask events to inform command earlier than rallies

The Lagos State Police Command has urged political events to inform it forward of deliberate rallies, campaigns, processions, and different political occasions as actions for the 2027 common elections start to assemble momentum.

The Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, mentioned advance notification would permit the command to place needed safety measures in place and deploy officers to make sure the security of members and the general public.

Fatai appealed in an announcement issued on Sunday by the command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, and revealed on X.

He assured political events, candidates and their supporters that the police would offer safety for his or her actions with out favouring any group. However, he cautioned that the command wouldn’t condone actions able to inflicting a breakdown of regulation and order.

The police commissioner warned that political events that didn’t notify the command or ignored established safety preparations, resulting in a breach of public peace, would face the results below the regulation.

He additionally recalled a safety assembly held on October 15, throughout which political events and different related stakeholders have been suggested to work with safety companies and observe the mandatory security tips forward of the elections.

The enchantment comes amid the police’s statutory obligation to take care of safety throughout political actions. Section 91 of the Electoral Act 2022 mandates the police to supply ample safety for the peaceable conduct of rallies and processions.

The provision additionally ensures registered political events, aspirants and candidates the best to organise lawful political gatherings.

Fatai known as on political events to cooperate with the command, stressing the necessity to make sure that political actions throughout Lagos State happen with out violence or disruption.

However, the police command’s name for advance notification doesn’t quantity to a requirement for events to acquire permission earlier than organising political occasions.

Existing court docket choices have established that political events don’t want police permits to carry rallies and that protesters don’t require police approval to organise peaceable demonstrations.