Lagos State Police Command has ban any forms of rally in the State and warned the Yoruba Nation
agitator, Mr. Sunday Igboho against holding the proposed July 3rd rally in the State.
Mr Sunday Igboho had announced July 3rd for a massive rally in Lagos to press home his demand for a
Yoruba nation,
Addressing a joint press conference with the Ministry of Information and Strategy in Alausa,
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, warned that the State Government would
not allow any form of rally in the State, warning anyone who violates the order will be made to face the
law.
CP Odumosu said the state is yet to recover from the effects of the last year “EndSars” protest which
resulted in the loss of lives and property and as such can not allow another rally.
According to the Police Boss, the attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to the
news making rounds and a press statement signed by one Olayomi Koiki dated June 30, 2021 that some
individuals have concluded plans to state a mega rally, in continuation of the secessionist agenda for
Oodua Republic on 3rd July 2021 at Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos State.
Speaking on behalf of the state government, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga
Omotoso, who explained that state government is not against rallies in a democratic setting, the state is
not already for any other possible break down of Law and Order, as withnessed during the ENDSARS
hijacked Rally.
He emphasized that the security of lives and property of residents Lagosians remains a cardinal focus of
the Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu administration
