Eid-el-Kabir: IGP orders massive deployment of police personnel nationwide
The Nigeria Police on Sunday unfolded security measures to ensure a hitch free Eid-el-Kabir celebration just as it orders a massive deployment of personnel nationwide.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, who gave the directive also placed commissioners of police and their personnel in the North East and other flash points states to be on red alert.
He also directed the implementation of robust and elaborate security arrangement throughout the country by the assistant inspectors general of police and commissioners of police in zonal and state commands nationwide.
According to a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, acting DCP, Jimoh Moshood, the assistant inspector generals and state commissioners of police “are to be on ground to beef up security, carryout massive deployment of police personnel on police visibility patrols, crowd controls, and adequate protection and safety at all Eid praying grounds and other venues of celebration in their areas of responsibilities.
The statement reads in part, “The deployment of additional personnel and crime prevention and detection equipments will be carried out to cover identified and perceived criminal black spots, flash points, abandoned and uncompleted projects sites being used as hideouts by criminal elements to commit crime.
“The ongoing raids operations and removal of suspected criminals will continue throughout the Sallah period and beyond.
“The deployment will also cover recreation centres, public places and critical infrastructure and public utilities.”
The police also assured travellers and motorists that federal highway patrol teams, the safer highway patrol units, and anti-crime patrols have been deployed along highways and major roads throughout the country for the protection and safety of travellers, commuters and other road users during the period and beyond.
Moshood also disclosed that that the “police officers are under strict instructions to be civil, polite, compassionate and firm in carryout their duties.
“Intense surveillance/Intelligence gathering will be maintained, special deployment and stop and search duties will be emplaced at all flash/vulnerable points in every state of the country.”
The police implored members of the public, most especially travellers and other roads users to cooperate with police personnel deployed on the highways and other duty posts.
