Metro Why BBOG Protesters Were Prevented From Meeting President Buhari - Police

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The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Tuesday defended the recent decision of the police to stop the protest train #BringBackOurGirls group and the parents of the Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram sect in April 2014, from getting to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

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Represented by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Labbo, ‎the IGP spoke at the 2016 International Day of the Disappeared/Missing Persons, held at the headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission in Abuja.

While responding to a question during the event on Tuesday, Labbo said the BBOG protesters were stopped on August 22 to prevent rowdiness around Aso Rock.

Labbo explained that the police were not interested in preventing the group from meeting with ‎President Muhammadu Buhari, but that the protest train had to be stopped to avoid rowdiness around the seat of power.

He said, “We sympathise with you. We did not stop you from meeting with the President. Anytime you want to see the President you can meet with the President but you have to nominate your leaders to meet with the President on your behalf.

“We believe that all unions have leaders. We are there to protect the Villa and we will not allow any rowdiness around the Villa.

“Please send some delegates, two or three of them to meet with the President.

“Whenever you want to see the President, go through your leaders. They will talk and the President will listen to you because this government is always ready to listen to you.”
 
Time to try another tactic. This isn't the first time he's declined to see them.
 
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