'OurMumuDonDo': Why We Did Not Arrest Mob that Attacked Protesters
The Nigerian Police on Wednesday gave reasons why they did not
arrest those who attacked members of ‘Our Mumu Don Do’ movement who are asking for the
return or resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari from office.
The group, led by popular musician and entertainer, Charlie
Boy, had gone to Wuse Market last Tuesday to protest, but were attacked by an
angry pro-Buhari.
The incident, which led to serious tension within Abuja
metropolis, prompted the police to intervene and rescue the ugly situation.
But speaking to journalists, the FCT Commissioner of
Police, CP Musa Kimo, said there was no way the police would have arrested the
attackers as they were a mob.
"For Charlie Boy, the police restored normalcy
and we were able to rescue him and his people and even prevented the mob from
burning his SUV and BMW vehicle. The vehicles have been returned to him,"
he stated.
On the inability of the police to arrest the
attackers, the commissioner said: "It was a mob, serious angry mob; ours
was to ensure that there was no breach of peace, and in fact we were not even
notified about their movement to their meeting point.
"You know how a market is; who are you going to
arrest? We don't want to provoke the situation. We were concerned with how to
ensure that tempers do not rise. We do not want it to snowball into a serious
crisis."
Kimo further stated that "we also dissipated
our energy in trying to rescue some of his members-as he ran away-and also to
protect his vehicles.
"In the process, a DPO and some of our men were injured
because they were stoned.”
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