Police Assure Residents Of Hitch Free Christmas & New Year Celebration

LUCKY LAWAL

In view of the forthcoming Christmas and New year celebrations, the Ogun State Police Command wishes to assure residents of the state that the Command has put in place a robust security arrangement in order to ensure hitch free Christmas and New year celebrations.

The Command is not oblivious of the fact that several religious denominations have their international headquarters in Ogun State, which connotes that the State will witness influx of people from different parts of the world for one religious obligation or the other.

In view of this, large scale and elaborate tactical as well as covert policemen have been strategically deployed by the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, across the length and breadth of the State with a clear mandate of ensuring crime free Christmas and New year celebrations. Men of special units such as FSARS, PMF, Tactical Response and Intelligence units; Anti Kidnapping and Cultism sections have also been deployed to nip in the bud any violent crime that may want to rear its ugly head.

24hours surveillance patrols have also been ordered around the various worship as well as event/recreation centres across the State.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, while felicitating with Christian faithfuls and the good people of Ogun state enjoined them to reflect on the reasons for the Christmas and New Year celebrations and be good ambassadors of Christ by ensuring peace at all times. He also appealed to members of the public to alert the Police whenever and wherever they noticed any strange and suspicious faces, gathering or movement in their domain in order to assist the security agencies to perform their duties to the optimal level, as security is everybody’s business.