{"id":125181,"date":"2024-07-22T15:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:03:08","slug":"fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police Command begs Abuja residents to shun protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Benneth Igweh, has begged residents of Abuja not to join the planned nationwide protest, to prevent the destruction of new infrastructure recently put in place by the FCT administration and President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Igwe made this appeal on Monday as the date for proposed protest against economic hardship in the country by unnamed groups draws near.<\/p>\n<p>The CP also paraded the mastermind of the armed robbery gang that killed retired Brigadier General Uwen Harold Udokwerre in Abuja on June 22, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking on the proposed strike, Igweh said, \u201cLions do not destroy their den. We have toiled so much to ensure and provide security for the FCT. In the cause of this, we have gone to Kaduna, we have gone to Kogi, we have gone to Nasarawa to fish out our criminals who came to disturb the peace of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this process, we have lost officers. Last week we lost two officers, the previous week, we lost one officer over efforts at providing security and safeguarding residents. We don\u2019t want to lose any more people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo please dont allow the destruction of what the minister, what Mr President is doing. We have been in this FCT, we know when there are changes, roads, infrastructure. I am pleading with residents, do not join this protest\u201d We don\u2019t want miscreants to come from outside the FCT to come and start destroying them. We will go back to square one where we were before. I plead, I beg of you, do not join this protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us continue collectively to make FCT safe. Let them go and do what they want to do. But not with us. Act maturely. Act maturely. Act like people who appreciate. Even the loss we have been losing to ensure your safety. Use it to appreciate us. If you give it to us, we will be very happy. We will continue to provide security for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Benneth Igweh, has begged residents of Abuja not to join the planned nationwide protest, to prevent the destruction of new infrastructure recently put in place by the FCT administration and President Bola Tinubu. Igwe made this appeal on Monday as the date for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":125180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[347,622,254],"class_list":["post-125181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abuja","tag-fct","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FCT Police Command begs Abuja residents to shun protest - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Benneth Igweh, has begged residents of Abuja not to join the planned na ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCT Police Command begs Abuja residents to shun protest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Benneth Igweh, has begged residents of Abuja not to join the planned na ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-22T14:58:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-22T16:03:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1721651349.719661.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FCT Police Command begs Abuja residents to shun protest\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-22T14:58:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-22T16:03:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1721651349.719661.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abuja\",\"FCT\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-police-command-begs-abuja-residents-to-shun-protest\",\"name\":\"FCT Police Command begs Abuja residents to shun protest - 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