Nigeria, June 12 -- The Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on the Lagos State Police Command to provide security for a Democracy Day protest that will be held on 12 June.

In a letter dated 11 June and addressed to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, the NBA's Human Rights Committee said the EndBadGovernance Movement, a coalition of civil society organisations, is organising the protest.

The letter, which the police confirmed receiving, was jointly signed by the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary of the NBA Ikeja Human Rights Committee - Chinyere Udeh, Joseph Opute and Clementina Olaniyan.

The committee said the organisers had notified the police of their plans, in line with legal requirements.

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