The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered heavy nationwide deployment of Police officers, especially intelligence operatives, traffic officers and other operational assets of the Force for adequate security ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration and beyond.
The IGP also directed that adequate priority be accorded to Eid prayer grounds, highways, recreational centres, financial institutions especially ATM and POS points, to safeguard religious celebrations and financial transactions during the festive period.
The IGP in a signed statement by the Force Public Relations Officer CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made available to Channel Network Afrique, also advocated the need for more secured public and social space for the celebration.
The police further directed that personnel deployed for the special operations must be properly briefed and adequately supervised to ensure they maintain high level of proactiveness, visibility patrols and professionalism in the discharge of policing services to all and sundry.
State Commissioners of Police and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors-General of Police were equally tasked by the IGP to ensure that crime and criminality is put in check and brought to its lowest ebb for a hitch free celebration.
