The Nigeria Police Force has started to strategise ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebration to ensure safety nationwide.
Already, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered his men to carry out a comprehensive operational strategy to that effect.
According to Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, Idris the Inspector General of Police asked all Commissioners of Police and Assistant Inspectors General of Police to ensure adequate security of lives and property.
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Also, Idris directed all Commanders of Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) to comply with the safety order.
Special Forces and specialized units of the Force, including Special Tactical Squad, Special Protection Unit, Border Patrol and Explosive Ordinance Department, Moshood said, had also been mobilised across the country.
He said: “Police Federal Highway Patrol Teams, Safer Highway and Divisional Patrol Teams have been mandated and are under strict instruction to be polite, civil but strict in ensuring security and safety of travelers and other road users.”
Moshood said that the IGP also directed the Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police to ensure that no roadblock was mounted in the country.
“The personnel of the force will be on 24 hours round-the-clock surveillance and robust vehicular patrols throughout the Yuletide and the New Year,” he said
Specifically, Moshood said that adequate deployment would be carried out in places of worship and venues of celebration including strategic public places, recreation centres, shopping malls, business plazas and motor parks.
