Festive Season: IGP Orders 24-Hour Patrols Nationwide
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered Commissioners of Police in all 36 states of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as well as their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police, to coordinate and implement proper crime prevention methodologies and ensure all-round visibility patrols in order to have a peaceful Christmas and New Year celebrations in the country.
The IGP stated that achieving a crime and crisis free Yuletide is of major priority to the Force and the nation as a whole, as we plan the new year, assured citizens of adequate security throughout the period of the celebration and beyond.
This was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Friday.
He added that the AIGs and CPs have been ordered to massively deploy human, intelligence and other operational units of the Force at their disposal to all public places including residential areas, places of worship, recreational centres, financial institutions, market places, motor-parks, major highways, airports, railway stations, amongst others, to protect the citizens and critical national infrastructure.
The IGP has also warned Police personnel deployed for duties during the yuletide season, majorly those deployed to secure the highways in the country, to desist from acts that doesn’t reflect discipline and professionalism.
He urged citizens to cooperate with officers deployed for the assignments by being law abiding, noting that the Force is sensitive to issues of rights violations, illegitimate use of force and has since deployed the Monitoring Unit, the X-Squad, and the Force Provost Unit on joint operation nationwide in order to monitor conducts of officers as citizens move in and around the country during the festive season and holidays.
He enjoined citizens to go about the celebration in the spirit of love, sacrifice and to take protective measures so as to reduce exposure to security risks and the covid-19 Omicron variant.
He assured citizens of a better service delivery in 2022.
