To ensure a hitch-free and security-free Eid-El-Kabir celebration in Lagos State, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps authority has placed 1,500 personnel on the alert, to be deployed to different parts of Lagos State.
The Commandant, NSCDC, Lagos State Command, Commandant Eweka Edenabu Okoro deployed 1,500 officers and men to ensure adequate security and the protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure ( CNAI ), during this year’s Eid-El-Kabir celebration, in Lagos State.
He disclosed this to journalists today, at the State Command’s Headquarters ( SHQ ), in Alausa, Ikeja, through the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Assistant Superintendent of Corps I ( ASCI ) Abolurin Oluwaseun.
He further said that these efforts would help to rid criminals and eradicate the nefarious activities of vandals and other elements that could be inimical to the economic growth and development of the state.
In a bid to ensure peace and tranquillity and the protection of CNAI, amongst other things, in Lagos State, before, during and after this year’s Eid-El-Kabir celebration, the PRO said: “The Commandant has also intentionalised and institutionalised new operational strategies in the State Command Headquarters, Area Commands, Divisional Offices, Right of ways and other tactical formations of the Command.”
He went further to elucidate the significance of the operational guidelines to the Head of Departments, Head of Units in the Command, six Area Commanders, 20 Divisional Officers, 37 officers-in-charge ( OCs ) of sub-divisions and outposts, Unit and Tactical Commanders.
He charged the officers to bring the right and appropriate impetus on board to protect all strategic locations, points, facilities, right of ways, oil pipeline installations, religious and worship centres, parks and gardens and all assets belonging to the Local, State and Federal Government of Nigeria, in the State, before, during and after the celebration, through the use of robust intelligence gathering, intensive patrols – physical and psychological, crime prevention mechanisms, Quick Intervention Squad approach (QIS), feedback mechanism and collective security approach.
The Commandant, while congratulating the Muslim Faithful in the state, on this year’s Eid-El-Kabir celebration, warned the officers and men deployed to be on the alert as they discharge their duties without fear or favour of any kind. He also further charged the officers and men deployed to remain professional, competent and respect the rights and privileges of the civil populace, in the course of their duties, before, during and after the celebration.
