Anyone planning to join the anti-government rally planned by Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia popularly known as Tuface Idibia will be protected and free to do so.

That’s the assurance from the Lagos Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, in reaction to an earlier report of a police ban on the protest.

Owoseni said he did not at any time say a rally cannot be held, saying it was the people that were planning the rally that could decide based on advisories as to whether they need to go on with the rally or not.

He emphasised that the policing philosophy of the Inspector-General of Police that he had set out was for the police to ensure policing conforms with international best practices, with observance of rule of law and of course to know that they were in a democracy.

Owoseni said the organisers and the protesters were free to exercise their fundamental human rights by engaging in the planned peaceful protest expected to take place in Lagos and some other major cities of the nation

According to him, if they must exercise their rights, the police is to ensure there is no breakdown of law and order, assuring the members of the public there won’t be any breakdown of law and order.

Owoseni said everyone in Lagos would be able to go about his or her business without hindrance, saying both the planned pro and anti-government protests would be given the needed police protection without any breakdown of law and order.