Yuletide: Police, others deploy 20,500 in Kwara, Nasarawa, Katsina

No fewer than 12,500 officers of the police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Road Safety Corps and Nigeria Peace Corps have been deployed to maintain law and order and ensure security of lives and property during the Christmas celebration in Kwara State.

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawan Ado, who spoke through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, in an interview with our correspondent, on Saturday, said the command had deployed no fewer than 2,500 police officers, aside from the usual police officers on duty.

Also, the state Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr, Sunday Maku, said no fewer than 3,000  FRSC officers had been deployed across the state.

He added that more officers were expected from the zonal and national headquarters of the corps and that the command had deployed 25 patrol vehicles, three ambulances, and established three roadside clinics at Omu-Aran, Ilorin and Bode Sadu.

The state Commandant, NSCDC, Mr. Adeyinka Ayinla, who spoke through the command’s PRO, Mr. Henry Bilesanmi, said the command had deployed 3,000 officers in the state.

In addition, the state Commander, Nigeria Peace Corps, Mr. Lukman Yekini, said no fewer than 4,000 officers of the command had been posted across the 16 local government councils of the state.

In a related development, the Nasarawa State Police Command has deployed about 5,000 of its personnel in strategic areas across the 13 local government areas and 18 development areas of the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bello Ahmed, said this during a press briefing on Saturday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, adding that the command had already made adequate security arrangements aimed at curtailing threats to law and order in the state.

He said, “These officers will be used for rigorous visibility patrol and extensive surveillance in towns and highways, provision of security to places of worship and recreation centres to ensure public safety during the celebration.”

Meanwhile, the Katsina State Police Command is putting over 3,000 of its officers and men on duty to maintain security during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Beseng Gwana, on Saturday, told journalists at the police headquarters in Katsina that his officers would also work in conjunction with other security agencies to ensure a crime-free celebration.