Ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations and the 2019 general election, Mr Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, has ordered Commissioners of Police and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to beef up security nationwide.
Idris also ordered AIGs and Command Police Commissioners to ensure they remain non partisan and unbiased towards any of the contesting political parties in the discharge of their constitutional duties during the elections in 2019.
AIGs and CPs are also directed to re-gird crime prevention and detection strategies, and measures to ensure adequate security throughout the period of Christmas and New Year Celebrations.
A statement by Mr Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, said, “Security threat assessment and deployment of Police personnel to flash points and vulnerable areas have also been carried out to prevent and nip in the bud any form of inter-party frictions, political thuggery and clashes that can lead to disturbance of public peace anywhere in the country.
“The IGP has ordered the implementation of robust and elaborate security arrangement to ensure a hitch-free Christmas and New Year celebration and adequate security for all political parties in the on-going political rallies and campaigns across the country.
“The comprehensive crime prevention and detection strategies and other operational measures will include the commencement of intensive raids of identified criminal hideouts, black spots and flash points across the country.
“The IGP further directs the Commissioners of Police and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police to be on ground to ensure adequate Safety of lives and property of all Nigerians during and after the period.
“The IGP has re-emphasized same directives to all Commanders of Police Mobile Force, PMF, Counter Terrorism Unit, CTU and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS, to ensure deployments of their personnel under the supervision of the Commissioners of police in the States and the FCT to flash points and crisis spots in the various commands across the Country.”
