Eid-el-Fitr: AIG Orders Beef Up Of Security In Edo, Delta, Bayelsa

Nigeria Police Force (File Photo)

The Assistant Inspector -General of Police, in charge of Zone 5, Benin, Rasheed Akintunde, has ordered the security be beefed up across commands in the zone during the Eid – el – Fitr celebration.

Naija News understands that the Commissioners of Police in charge of Edo, Delta and Bayelsa, the three states in the zone.
have been ordered by Rasheed Akintunde.

DSP Emeka Iheanacho, the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement, gave the directive and made it available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Iheanacho said Akintunde’s directive was to ensure a hitch-free Sallah celebration.

“The AIG has directed that emphasis should be placed on all link roads, major highways, city and worship centres, recreation centres, radio and television houses as well as government installation and properties,’’ he said.

The AIG advised members of the public to co-operate with policemen deployed for traffic control duties. While expressing his concern on the volume of traffic that would be occasioned by the Sallah holiday.

The AIG, he said, warned officers on ” Stop and Search’’ operations as well as other crime prevention duties to be courteous, professional and avoid acts that may bring the Force into disrepute.

He stated that the security of the country was a collective obligation of all Nigerians.

Akintunde also admonished Nigerians to be security conscious and report any suspicious person or movement within their neighbourhood to the nearest police station.