Our Correspondent 
Ten military trucks with armed personnel were stationed within the Eagle Square general area in Abuja, yesterday, as tensions mounted ahead of today’s planned #Fearless October protests.
The Eagle Square has continued to serve as a venue for transition of presidential power since the return to democratic rule in 1999. No fewer than 100 combatready soldiers mounted the mini military trucks, as at 4:48pm, and 5:20pm when our correspondent drove through the critical national asset.
New Telegraph reports that besides the strategic national asset lies a major bus stop where commuters to satellite towns, including Karu, Nyanya, jikwoyi, Kubwa, Lugbe, and others, converge, after work.
There was, however, no harassment as the eagle-eyed soldiers remained in their vehicles, ostensibly hoping for a violence-free outing. Efforts to get the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, to speak on the deployment proved abortive, as the senior officer did not pick calls as at the time of this report.
However, a highly-placed establishment official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, simply said: “The Guards Brigade, and Army Headquarters (AHQ) Garrison, will not compromise their collective mandate of ensuring a secure, peaceful Abuja, the seat of power, where the First Family live.”
Available reports show that organisers of today’s protests may have conveyed their plans to converge on Eagle Square, among other venues in strategic locations. The planned outing is said to be part two of what was tagged, #EndBadGovernance Protest in August, which resulted in killings, looting, and destruction of property
