…as CP assures residents of a peaceful festivity.
The FCT Police Command has deployed human and material resources across the nooks and crannies of the territory to ensure that residents enjoy the Easter celebration to its maximum.
A statement on Friday, 7th April 2023 signed by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said that the deployment which consists of all intelligence and tactical assets at the Command’s disposal cemented with inter-agency collaboration is born out of the need to curb crime and criminality in all its dynamics.
The statement read, “The deployment is characterized by strengthened police-community relationship towards intelligence gathering, visibility policing at all places of worship and every point of social gathering, stop and search duty, intelligence-led raids on black spots, highway, and border patrol, aggressive vehicular/foot patrol, and surveillance, inter-agency collaboration and sundry.
“Consequent upon the above, the FCT Commissioner of Police AIG Sadiq Idris Abubakar PhD, mni wishes to assure residents of the Territory of the Command’s unwavering commitment to ensuring that they have a safe and peaceful environment during the Easter celebration period and beyond.
“Meanwhile, the CP while briefing senior officers from all units and formations of the Command on the Operation Order, charged the officers to ensure that no stone is left unturned as they discharge their duties in tandem with global best practices and respect for Fundamental Human rights. He also enjoined residents to embrace peace and other virtues in the spirit of the festivity as they join the Christian faithful across the world in the celebration. He also called for vigilance and urged residents to take advantage of the Police Control Room numbers in reporting suspicious activities: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883.
