Niger State Police Command has assured the protection of lives and property of the residents of the state throughout?? the? Eid –El Fitri celebrations.
The? state Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Desire? Nsirim, in a statement yesterday, said the Command was ready to embark? on surveillance? patrols of all the? nooks and crannies of the state to avoid any security breach.
The statement reads in part: “In fact I am fully prepared, I have had a lecture with the management staff and meetings with all my men to ensure robust patrols during the Eid-El Fitri celebrations and the Durbar displays the following day after the celebrations.
We also advised citizens to control their youths, to avoid being involved in anti social behaviours or being used by criminal elements to commit crime.”
Nsirim however handed a warning to the Fulani youths in the state not to embark on any form of social gathering during the period of the festivity, as the proscription of such gatherings by the Fulani Progressive Union? was still in force.
The Commissioner said that trouble spots like Suleja would be adequately manned while warning anybody with intention to breach peace in the area to have a second thought.
She said: “We have all it takes to Police the state ,? we have the Anti- Bombs Disposal Unit? among others, we also have enough vehicles for? surveillance patrols and? my men are? everywhere” .