By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Abdu Umar has ordered for massive deployment of personnel across the state to provide adequate security before, during and after the Christmas to the citizens.
A statement issued and signed on Tuesday by the Borno State Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP. Sani Shatambaya, said the directive is to ensure the safety of citizens in the state and success of all activities lined up to mark the Christmas celebration.
It added that in its resolve to create an enabling environment for a peaceful Christmas and New year celebrations, the police command has intensified patrols across the state in collaboration with other security agencies to enhance visibility policing and raiding of criminal hideouts and black spots across the State that are actively in place.
The statement further explained that motorists and tricycle Keke Napep operators (riders) are warned to adhere to all traffic rules and regulations, and eschewed all forms of recklessness including drug abuse and drunkenness while behind the wheels.
It also reminded the people that curfew is still in force, as such vehicular movements during curfew hours is prohibited while assuring worshippers of the safety of their lives and property,.
The Commissioner, however, advised parents and guardians to take proper care of their children or wards, to avert incidences of missing person(s). He also advised them to warn their children/ wards that the law banning the sales and use of knock-outs/ fireworks is still in force.
The Command cautioned that it will not take lightly, any act(s) capable of creating panic or threatening the relative peace and security now being experienced in the state, as arrested offenders will be made to face the law.
While wishing all and sundry a happy Christmas Celebration and a Prosperous New Year, the CP urged the general public to be law abiding and security conscious as well to continue to support the police in the fight against crime and criminalities at all times and to report promptly any strange or suspicious person(s) movements, or objects to the nearest Police officer/Station or other security services.
The CP also assured the good people of the State the command’s readiness to perform its statutory responsibility of protecting lives and property of all citizens during the celebration and at all times which informed the Commissioner’s ordered for the deployment of officers and men comprising conventional police and other tactical teams of the Command to all churches and venues of events in the State.
The statement also warned that the personnel deployed for the critical assignment are under strict instruction of the Commissioner of Police to be civil but firm in the discharge of their duties.
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