Police in Kogi State have confirmed the arrest of two persons caught yesterday midnight allegedly carrying out ‘smear campaign against Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari’ in Lokoja, the state capital.
Ayuba Edeh, the state Police Commissioner, explained that at about 2:30 a.m. yesterday, policemen attached to the command arrested two young men.
They were allegedly painting buildings and carrying posters with the inscription ‘Buhari Must Go’.
The Commissioner disclosed that while the people have the right to protest, however, he said it must be done lawfully without inciting the public.
According to him, the young men could not have been protesting at the wee hours of the night as being insinuated, as painting walls, buildings and pasting anti-Buhari posters cannot be termed as peaceful protest.