Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore has leaked a memo said to be from the Nigeria Police Force regarding the #FearlessInOctober protest scheduled for October 1, 2024.
Sowore, who is also the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement leaked the memo on his official X handle on Thursday night.
“POLICE PANIC WIRE ABOUT #FEARLESSINOCTOBER,” Sowore, who is also one of the organizers of the protest, wrote briefly to accompany the memo.
A part of the memo showed a directive for the engagement of dialogue and meeting with the leadership of identified groups to dissuade them from the planned protest, whose date coincides with Nigeria’s 64th independence day anniversary.
The memo reads, “POLICE WIRELESS MESSAGE”
“DTO: 261604/09/2024
“FROM: NIGPOL DOPS ABUJA
“CB: 0900/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.19/395 X SECURITY GENERAL X RE: NIGERIA’S 64TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS X PLANNED NATIONWIDE STRIKE BY SOME UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTSX INGENPOL HAS ORDERED X YOU CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN MEETINGS/DIALOGUE WITH LEADERSHIP OF IDENTIFIED GROUPS X TO DISSUADE THEM FROM THE PLANNED PROTEST X DEPLOY COVERT OPERATIVES TO ALL NOOKS AND CRANNIES YOURS X FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING/SHARING X ALL NECESSARY MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN X PARTICULARY DURING THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS X TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING UNTOWARD IS ALLOWED X ANY ATTEMPT BY MISCREANTS/HOODLUMS TO ENGAGE IN DESTRUCTION OF LIVES AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE PROMPTLY RESISTED X COMPOLS SHOULD DIRECT OFFICERS/MEN TO BE AT RED ALERT X MAINTAIN WELL KITTED STANDBY MEN AT COMMAND HQTS X AREA COMMANDS X DIVISIONAL POLICE HQTS X TO FORESTALL ANY BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER X MODE OF DRESS X CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORM WITH HAT X TACTICAL UNITS TO USE BALLISTIC HELMETS X WHILE PERSONNEL FOR COVERT OPERATIONS X OTHER SPECIALIZED SECTIONS X SHOULD APPEAR IN THEIR APPROVED DRESS/UNIFORM X W.E.F MONDAY 30/09/2024 TILL STAND DOWN ORDER IS GIVEN X ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT AND ENSURE STRICT COMPLIANCE PLEASE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAK
“NIGPOL DOPS ABUJA
“M/IMMEDIATE.”
Recall that Sowore, who is also the publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online media organisation, had a few weeks ago said the #FearlessInOctober protest would go on with or without him.
He stressed that the protests will not stop until the government addresses the demands of the protesters.
Politics Nigeria recalls that Sowore was arrested some days ago by the operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS upon his arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The Department of State Services (DSS) had declared him wanted and gave an order to airport security and immigration authorities for his arrest as soon as he returns to the country.
DSS boss Adeola Ajayi gave the order for Sowore’s arrest following the role he played in the recent 10 days of #EndBadGovernance protests in August.
