{"id":26263,"date":"2024-04-09T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/eid-el-fitr-igp-orders-cps-others-to-intensify-security-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T07:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T07:00:29","slug":"eid-el-fitr-igp-orders-cps-others-to-intensify-security-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/eid-el-fitr-igp-orders-cps-others-to-intensify-security-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Eid-el-Fitr: IGP orders CPs, others to intensify security nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered Commissioners of Police and Tactical Commanders to intensify security nationwide ahead of the Eid-el-fitr celebration.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The I-G also ordered CPs and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police, AIGs, to ensure thorough deployment of officers and resources of the Force.<\/p>\n<p>Egbetokun directed senior officers to ensure that the deployment covers critical locations, Eid prayer grounds and recreational centres.<\/p>\n<p>He said the idea was to instill confidence among citizens and fun seekers.<\/p>\n<p>The I-G enjoined officers and men of the Force to conduct comprehensive assessments of areas prone to threats, implement rigorous stop-and-search procedures, as well as conduct raids on identified black spots.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the personnel to employ other anti-crime strategies aimed at maintaining peace, and ensuring public safety throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>The police boss urged the deployed personnel to be professional and remain vigilant and respect citizens\u2019 fundamental rights as they discharge their duties with utmost decorum and alertness.<\/p>\n<p>Egbetokun enjoined the public to be law-abiding, adhere to security tips and respect law enforcement agents deployed at strategic locations for protection of lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>The I-G extended his felicitations to the entire Muslim Ummah in the country as they celebrate the Eid-el-fitr, a festival that marks the end of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Muslim faithful to celebrate and embrace the spirit of the occasion, while remaining vigilant and reporting all suspicious activities and persons to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Eid-el-Fitr: IGP orders CPs, others to intensify security nationwide<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered Commissioners of Police and Tactical Commanders to intensify security nationwide ahead of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13530,920,15],"tags":[13531,812,180],"class_list":["post-26263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eid-el-fitr","category-igp","category-news","tag-eid-el-fitr","tag-igp","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}