Information
available to the Nigeria Police indicates that workers’ leaders in Kogi State
are planning to block highways leading in and out of Kogi to advance their
labour disputes with state government.
While the Police recognize and respect
the constitutional rights of labour force in Kogi, to peaceful assembly and
lawful protest in furtherance to their dispute with their employers, the
Nigeria Police wish to state categorically that extending their protest to
blocking highways/roads in the state, in a manner that will cause major traffic
and security threats, is not only overreaching the extension of their
grievances but also intolerable.
As
such, the Nigeria Police hereby warns striking workers in Kogi state to desist
from hatching such inciting and provoking plans and restrict themselves to due
legal and labour procedures that will not in anyway, cause discomfort to
innocent citizens.
Failure
to adhere strictly to this warning, the Force will mobilize maximally to deal
decisively with anyone or group trying to threaten the security or public peace
under any guise of protest, and will not hesitate to bring such persons or
group to justice.
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