XENOPHOBIC ATTACK: POLICE ARREST 125 NIGERIANS IN LAGOS OVER PROTEST

The Inspector-General Muhammad Adamu assured that foreigners across the country would be protected against further aggression, warning citizens to desist from any form of thuggery and vandalism.

‘Foreign embassies, missions and businesses will receive increased security measures across Nigeria. All zonal assistant inspectors general of police and commissioners of police across the federation have been placed on red alert to ensure no similar violence is replicated within the country” ,the statement emphasised

“While recognising the rights of citizens to air their views on salient national issues as enshrined in our statutes, the force reiterates that these must be done within the confines of the law. Would-be miscreants and criminally-minded persons who masquerade as protesters are therefore warned to stay off the streets of Nigeria as the force will not hesitate to bring to bear the full weight of the law on any such lawbreaker.”

“Parents and guardians are therefore enjoined to prevail on their children and wards to desist from acts capable of causing a breakdown of law and order in the country,” he added, adding that the  police assured all law-abiding citizens, embassies, foreign missions, foreigners and their businesses within the country of their security and safety.