Abdu Umar, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP has ordered a massive deployment of personnel across the state to provide adequate security before, during this Yuletide period.
According to a statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sani Kamilu Shatambaya: “Motorists and Tricycle Keke Napep operators are warned to adhere to all traffic Rules and Regulations, and to eschew all forms of recklessness including drug abuse and drunkenness while behind the wheels. The Curfew is still in force; as such vehicular movement during curfew hours is prohibited.”
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“Parents/Guardians are also advised to warn their children/ wards that the law banning the sales and use of knock-outs/ fireworks is still in force. The Command will not take lightly any act(s) capable of creating panic or threatening the relative peace and security now being experienced in the state, as arrested offenders will be made to face the law,”
The CP urges the general public to be law abiding and security conscious, as well as to continue to support the police.
He added: “To this end therefore, the Commissioner of Police has ordered the deployment of officers and men comprising conventional police and other tactical teams of the Command to all churches and venues of events in the State.
“Personnel deployed for this critical assignment are under strict instruction of the Commissioner of Police to be civil but firm in the discharge of their duties.
“Finally, the Commissioner of Police wishes to extend his warm greetings to Christian faithful and other citizens in the state, as they celebrate Christmas and New Year.
