The protest was scheduled to begin at 7.00 am at Dsc Roundabout in Warri but security teams arrived at the venue early to intimidate the residents.
Heavily armed security operatives have taken over the DSC Roundabout in Effurun, the Delta State venue of the planned protest against hardship and the high cost of living in Nigeria.
SaharaReporters also gathered that security had also been beefed up around Effurun Roundabout and Enerhen Junction in Warri.
A group in the state had set aside Friday, February 23, to protest against the biting hardship and rising inflation in the country following President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies.
The protest was scheduled to begin at 7.00 am at Dsc Roundabout in Warri but security teams arrived at the venue early to intimidate the residents.
SaharaReporters on Thursday reported that the police had invited a Delta State-based activist, Comrade Israel Joe, over the planned protest.
The state police command in a letter obtained by SaharaReporters on Thursday summoned Israel to the State Headquarters, Okpanam Road in Asaba.
The Command in the letter signed by CSP Ya'u Musa Kangiwa asked the activist to come along with at least two other executives of his team on Thursday.
The letter reads in part, "I am directed by the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command to invite you for a meeting. You are to come along with at least two (2) of your Exco. The Meeting is slated to hold as follows:
"On arrival, you are to contact ASP OMOKENI GREEN, the Station Officer, State Intelligence Department, to facilitate the said meeting. Your attendance in persons will be highly appreciated.”
"Accept, as always, the assurances of the Commissioner of Police's esteemed regards, please," the statement added.