Hunger protest: Heavily armed security operatives scare protesters away from proposed venue

At press time he said he was gradually recovering from the shock of the whole incident. Sympathisers advised him to go and run a medical check to be sure he had no internal bleeding.

Dele also lauded the conduct of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, DCP Aina Adesola for his intervention, adding that a senior military officer later apologized to him.

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Some persons who identified themselves as members of civil society groups said they came to see that the protest did not hold because they were afraid lives could be lost.

Meantime , the heavy patrol of security operatives continued around the DSC , Effurun round about and some major roads in Warri and Uvwie after the arrest and release of the journalist. The actions of the security men did not disrupt traffic on the ever busy DSC to Effurun roundabout. It was likely the security patrol in the twin cities would last the whole day.

As early as 5am police and other security operatives mounted at strategic places around the DSC and Effurun roundabout apparently to nip the protest in the bud.

Some youths who had predicted resistance from security operatives had vowed that the protest would go on that yesterday . But at press time there were no signs of the protesters in the areas.

The security operatives also drove in convoys on the Warri ,Sapele, Airport , Refinery roads down to Ekpan and Estate areas on show of force.

Hunger protest: Heavily armed security operatives scare protesters away from proposed venue