Restore order urgently – Federal Government issues directives to Police, Military
Soldiers and Police personnel are being deployed immediately across the country on the orders of the Presidency to stop the ongoing wanton destruction of public and private property by vandals and looters.
They are to apply “moderate force” where necessary, The Nation gathered authoritatively Saturday night.
Consequently, Police Inspector General Mohammed Adamu ordered the immediate mobilization of all police operational assets and resources to bring to an end the wanton violence, killings, looting and destruction of public and private property triggered by the #ENDSARS protests.
Over 2,000 convicted criminals and suspects facing trial are currently on the loose across the country after they were set free by hoodlums who forced open the gates of three prisons in Edo and Ondo states.
The 2,000 exclude detained suspects who were also set free when hoodlums attacked police stations in some states.
No fewer than 10 police stations were attacked in Lagos alone.
Many Nigerians are apprehensive about the danger posed by the fleeing criminals and suspects.
The deployment of soldiers and policemen, sources said last night, was one of the resolutions reached between President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessors during their Friday virtual meeting.
