From MOLLY KILETE. Abuja The Commissioner of Police (CP) for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, yesterday banned the #BringBackOurGirls protests.
Boko Haram had on April 14 this year kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
The kidnapping by the Islamist sect has led to protests seeking the rescue of the female students locally and internationally. The FCT boss also redeployed all the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs).
Giving reasons for the ban which takes immediate effect, Mr. Mbu, who was transferred from Rivers State over political crisis, said: “As the FCT boss, I cannot fold my arms and watch this lawlessness (protest), Mr. Mbu ordered the DPOs to hand over to the next senior officers in their respective divisions, saying he was not satisfied with their performances.
At a media briefing yesterday in Abuja, while announcing the ban, Mr. Mbu noted that shortly after a group under the aegis of “Bring Back Our Girls’’ protested on April 28, another group, “Release Our Girls”, emerged.
He said: “Information at the disposal of the command indicated that dangerous elements” were about to hijack the protests hence, the ban.
“As the FCT police boss, I cannot fold my arms and watch this lawlessness (protest). “Information reaching us indicates that very soon, dangerous elements would join groups under the guise of protests and detonate explosives aimed at embarrassing the government.”
THE SUN
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