Echezona Okafor 
Police in Anambra State have warned those allegedly mobilising people to protest against Democracy Day today to embrace peace. In a statement yesterday, spokesman SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Commissioner of Police Nnaghe Itam banned any forms of protest in the state. According to him, the protest is capable of grounding all commercial activities and obstructing the free flow of traffic.
The police said: “The command while noting the right of individuals or groups to advocate for any interest, wishes to emphasize the importance of adherence to the existing laws governing such activities; and deployed police officers to different strategic areas, tasked with the responsibility to ensure the safety of life and property, free flow of traffic, and most especially a peaceful environment.” The CP urged residents “To dissociate themselves from any act that threatens our public peace and national unity.”
