August 9, 2024
While the dust raised by the invasion of the national secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, by security operatives is yet to settle, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has cried out over the invasion of its national headquarters, Right House, in Ikeja Lagos by the Nigerian Police.
A statement by CDHR National President, Comrade Debo Adeniran, and National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Idris Olayinka, stated that the Police laid siege to the Rights House in the early hours of Friday.
They said the Police prevented occupants of the building from gaining entrance.
The statement further noted that the Police presence at the Rights House is to stop the Education Rights Campaign Symposium scheduled to hold at the main hall of the CDHR office.
“The police were seen with several of their vehicles laying siege to the CDHR National Headquarters Rights House, preventing the participants from holding the programme.
“We, however, use this medium to call on the Inspector-General of Police and the Lagos State Police Commissioner to call these people to order and refrain from stopping a lawful and peaceful assembly.
“Otherwise, it will tantamount to gross violation of rights to peaceful assembly and freedom speech,” the statement reads.
It will be recalled that the police had on Wednesday night invaded the NLC secretariat in Abuja, broke into second floor and ransacked books at the bookshop carrying all the materials into their van claiming that the materials were used to incite and organise the recent #endbadgovernance protest.
