Breaking: Police laid Siege to CDHR Office Prevent Occupants from Gaining Entrance in Lagos
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has raised the alarm over the invasion of its national headquarters, Right House, in Ikeja Lagos by the Nigerian Police.
A statement signed by CDHR National President, Comrade Debo Adeniran and National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Idris Olayinka, noted that the Police laid siege around the Rights House in the early hours of Friday and 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 hilux vans laying siege around the CDHR National Headquarters Rights House, preventing the participants from holding the program.
“We however, uses this medium to call on Inspector General of Police and the Lagos State Police Commissioner to call these people to order 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.
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