The PUNCH reports that the deployment, which consists of all intelligence and tactical assets at the Command’s disposal, cemented with inter-agency collaboration, is occasioned by the need to ensure that crime and criminality in its forms and dynamics are promptly nipped in the bud.
Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, revealed in a statement on Monday obtained by our correspondent.
Adeh said, “The deployment is notably characterised by strengthened police-community relationship towards intelligence gathering, stop and search, intelligence-led raids on black spots, visibility policing at every point of social convergence, highway and border patrol, aggressive vehicular/foot patrol, and surveillance, inter-agency collaboration and sundry.
“Consequent upon the above, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sunday Babaji, assured residents of the Command’s unwavering commitment to ensuring that residents sleep with their two eyes closed in the festive period and beyond.”
Meanwhile, Babaji, while briefing senior officers from all units and formations of the Command on the operation order, charged the officers to ensure that no stone was left unturned even as they discharge their duties with respect for fundamental human rights and in tandem with global best practices.
The CP also enjoined residents to embrace peace and other virtues in the spirit of festivity, while vigilance is maintained and reports of suspicious activities are to be made to the police through the Command’s emergency response lines as follows: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau desk, could be reached at 0902 222 2352.
