The Kogi State Police Command has directed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan to cancel her planned Sallah rally in the state’s Central Senatorial District, citing security concerns.

Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, conveyed the directive in a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP William Aya. The police explained that the rally would violate the state government’s recent ban on political gatherings, announced on Monday.

“Following intelligence reports on security threats in Kogi State and the subsequent ban on all forms of rallies and processions by the Kogi State Government, the Nigeria Police Force, Kogi State Police Command has called on the organisers of the planned rally at Okene to cancel such an event in the interest of peace,” the statement read.