June 12 Protesters Begin Mobilisation, Seek Police Protection

With just two days away, pro June 12 protesters in the country, have started mobilisation to commemorate one of the most epochal dates of Nigeria’s democracy history.

They have written to the Lagos State Police Command, seeking cover while they embark on the commemorate assembly.

Using the auspices of the Take It Back Movement, the group with Adekunle Taofeek, as Lagos Coordinator said their open letter request to the Lagos Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, said seecwa s formal and public notification.

“On June 12, 2025, the people of Nigeria, young and old, working class and unemployed, angry and awake, will take to the streets in peaceful protest against the unbearable insecurity and economic hardship that have strangled this nation”, Adekunle said in the letter, adding:

“We have fought for it. And we will continue to fight, peacefully but fearlessly, until this country works for all of us.”

A diary picture of June 12 protesters. They have written to police for protection as they mobilse to mark the day

“Protesting is not a request; it is a constitutional right. sections 39 and 40 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) grant every Nigerian the freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. No law gives the police the power to crush or criminalist peaceful dissent.”

“Therefore, we demand that the Lagos State Police Command desist from any attempts to suppress, brutalise, or arrest peaceful protesters.

“Deploy officers to protect protesters, not to harass or assault them.”

“We expect your men to behave professionally and with restraint.“

The June 12 protesters predicate their action on a watershed of a political development in the country, which happened on Jue12, 1993.

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That day, the military with Ibrahim Badmosi Babangida as hea, annulled an election that the global community had agreed was Nigeria’s freest.

Billionaire businessman, Chief Moshood Abiola, who flew the flag of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) was believed to be on course to winning the election, before the annulment took place.

A lot other unsavory things followed, including a nationwide upheaval that led to the death of many lives, as well as the destruction of propertied.

June 12 has since become a Democracy Day in Nigeria, but it holds each year to remind typical june 12 protesters one of the worst suppose injustices to a people’s free will.