Gwamcee News
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 made this known in a statement signed by the Force Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, released to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, (NAOSNP)
According to the statement, the IGP ordered that adequate priority be accorded to Eid prayer grounds, highways, recreational centers, and financial institutions especially ATM and POS points, to safeguard religious celebrations and financial transactions during the festive period.
His order to strategic police managers at various levels is predicted on the need to maintain a more secured public and social space for the celebration
Also, he directed that all men deployed 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.
To this end, the IGP tasked all State Commissioners of Police and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to ensure that crime and criminality is put in check and brought to its lowest ebb for a hitch free celebration.
IGP Baba while felicitating with the Muslim faithful in the country to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr with the global Muslim Ummah admonished them to practicalize the values of empathy, faith, charity, and other salient teachings of Ramadan in their relationship with other members of the society.
