The Inspector General of Police Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has put police on Red Alert saying that police will not tolerate excesses of protesters who have taken laws into their hands.
Egbetokun who addressed the press on Thursday evening warned that as the protesters have right to protest they also have the duty to respect the laws of the land.
He warned that violence will not be tolerated as anything beyond peaceful protest will be resisted.
Meanwhile, protesters burnt a Police Post in Nyanya area of the FCT.
They also blocked the Abuja-Kaduna Highway for about five hours before soldiers from the Zuma army barracks in Suleja town, Niger State, reopened the highway for motorists.
An Abuja resident, Abubakar Ibrahim who was travelling to his home state in Kaduna, said the security men dislodged the protesters around 3:30 pm Thursday.
Ibrahim, who arrived at the blocked spot in a commercial vehicle around 10 am, added that the road block was removed after an army officer in mufty was denied passage along with his convoy.
The blockage of the highway led to the death of an elderly person who was being taken to the hospital but stranded at the spot.
He reportedly died in the gridlock that extended to the Nana oil and Suleja junction, along the way.
Meanwhile, Nasarawa youths blocked the highway leading to the state and looted some shops.
Reports from Cross River State hinted that some overzealous security operatives beat and arrested some journalists and activists over.
The reasons for the beating and arrest could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.
“He made a U-turn in anger, and after some moments, a team of soldiers stomed the road block mountained on the highway. The soldiers fired gunshots into the air, forcing the protesters to run away,” Ibrahim disclosed.