No More Protests At Unity Fountain _ Says Police

The federal capital territory (FCT) command of Nigeria police force has banned protests and rallies at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.

Sadiq Bello, commissioner of police in the FCT, disclosed this on Friday after Deji Adeyanju, a social critic was  arrested for allegedly inciting civil unrest.

Adeyanju was released at 3:20pm following the intervention of Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, who is the leader of OurMumuDonDo Movement.

Civil rights groups like the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement and Our Mumu Don Do, usually hold protests at the Unity Fountain.

BBOG members had converged on the fountain on Friday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls but the police disrupted the programme.

In a series of tweets on Friday, Oby Ezekwesili, leader of the movement, reacted, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to call Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, to order.

She said rather than asking them to infringe on the rights of citizens, the police ought to be ordered to go after those responsible for killings across the country.