Protests: Police to Confiscate Tyres from Vulcanizer Shops

The Ekiti State Police Command has been instructed to conduct raids on vulcanizer shops within its jurisdiction, seizing all unused tyres ahead of the nationwide protests slated to begin on August 1, 2024.

The protests under the hashtag ‘#EndBadGovernanceinNigeria,’ have been widely promoted on social media.

A police wireless message, which has circulated widely online, addressed to Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and various units, warns that any DPO whose area sees burn fires during the protests will face sanctions.

The notice, titled “Order and directives re: Nationwide protest against end bad government in Nigeria,” states: “In view of Inspector General of Police Conference/briefing with Assistant Inspector General of Police zones and Commissioners of Police in all the states on the above subject, Commissioner of Police directs you go out in the midnight, raid vulcanizer shops in AOR yours and seize all un-used tyres and dispose them off to prevent protesters from using same to set burn fire on the highway.

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“Any DPO in whose AOR burn fire occurs will be sanctioned accordingly. All to ensure strict compliance please.”

Sunday Abutu, Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State Command, confirmed the directive: “The directive became necessary due to an intelligence report received that some miscreants are planning to disturb the peace and movements of innocent citizens in the coming days using available and unused tyres on the street.”

He added, “Peaceful protest is part of the rights of all citizens, but protest characterized by threats, bloodshed and destructions of properties and lives of innocent citizens is unacceptable.”

The Presidency, along with the police and military, have also issued warnings against the protests, emphasizing the need for the nation to recover from the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests.

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