Committee For The Defence Of Human Rights, CDHR, Lagos Office Under Siege

<h4>Committee For The Defence Of Human Rights<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that the attention of the <strong>Committee for the Defence of Human Rights<&sol;strong> &lpar;CDHR&rpar; was drawn to the activities of Nigerian police around its National Headquarters Ikeja at the early hours of Friday 9th August&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The police laid siege around the Rights House&comma; preventing the inhabitants from gaining entrance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CDHR gathered that the presence of police at the Rights House is to stop the Education Rights Campaign Symposium scheduled to hold at the main hall of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">CDHR<&sol;a> in the Rights House&period; The police were seen with several hilux vans laying siege around the CDHR National Headquarters Rights House&comma; preventing the participants from holding the program&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26321" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26321" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-26321" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;CDHR-300x165&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CDHR Lagos Office Under Siege" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"165" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26321" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Police officers at CDHR office in Lagos<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>According to a statement jointly signed by <strong>Comrade Debo Adeniran&comma; National President CDHR Nigeria and Comrade Idris Afees Olayinka&comma;National Publicity Secretary CDHR Nigeria<&sol;strong>&comma; made available to <strong>OpenLife&comma;<&sol;strong> the organisation&comma; however&comma; uses this medium to call on Inspector General of Police and the Lagos State Police Commissioner to call these people to order from stopping a lawful and peaceful assembly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Otherwise&comma; it will tantamount to gross violation of rights to peaceful assembly and freedom speech&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26322" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26322" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-26322" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;CDHR-1-300x194&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CDHR Lagos Office Under Siege" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"194" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26322" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Police Officers at CDHR office in Lagos<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>CDHR hopes the police authority presence at our National Headquarters is meant for the protection of the symposium and maintenance of law as well as peaceful deliberation&period; CDHR&comma; therefore&comma; warns the police authority presently at the Right House not to be overzealous but allow the program to go on as scheduled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CDHR will continue to monitor the events and react accordingly if the need be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26230" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26230" style&equals;"width&colon; 230px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-26230" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;images&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CDHR Lagos Office Under Siege" width&equals;"230" height&equals;"219" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26230" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>CDHR<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;