Planned protest: CP Ishola warns against actions capable of disrupting port operations
Planned protest: CP Ishola warns against actions capable of disrupting port operatio
Segun Oladipupo
The Commissioner of Police (CP) Ports Authority Police (Western) Command, CP Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola has warned that the Command will not tolerate any untoward action from any group of individuals capable of disrupting port operations.
In a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Isaac Hundeyin, the CP who emphasised the constitutional .rights of Nigerians to protest, maintained that the Command will however not hesitate to strictly enforce the right of free passage on all Ports’ access roads for Port users and the general public to ensure continuous economic activities in and around the nation’s Ports.
Part of the text stated that “All human and operational assets have been strategically and adequately deployed in and around the Apapa Port, Tincan Island Port, Lekki Deep-Sea Port, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (phase 1&2), Ikorodu Lighter Terminal, Oil logistics and Offshore support Terminals, Oil Tanker Terminals, Private and Government owned Jetties, Bonded Ware Houses, Transit Trailer Parks, Niger-Dock integrated port and free zone on the snake island and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Corporate Headquarters in Marina, Lagos, which constitutes the Areas of Responsibility of the Western Ports Police Command.
“The Command therefore uses this medium to warn miscreants planning to take advantage of the protest to unleash mayhem to steer clear of Ports facilities as any form of incursion through the waterways, forceful entrance into the Port complexes, or road blockage by individuals or groups will be met with fierce resistance according to the law.
“The Command therefore assures of its commitment to continuous engagement with Maritime stakeholders, unions, and the business community while leveraging actionable intelligence and synergizing with sister security agencies to forestall the breakdown of law and order.”