The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Bethrand C. Onuoha, psc (+), has ordered water-tight security across the state to ensure crime-free Christmas and New Year celebrations.
He made this in a statement issued by SP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer, Kogi State Police Command, on Wednesday while briefing the senior officers of the command at the Police Command Headquarters, Lokoja.
The CP charges all the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and Operational and Tactical Commanders to beef up security ahead of the Yuletide Celebrations to prevent any untoward situation in their Area of Responsibility (AOR) throughout the period.
He was further tasked with implementing the Comprehensive Crime Prevention and Control Strategies adopted by the Command to improve visibility policing and deploy human and other operational assets to carry out confidence-building and crime prevention patrols along major highways, residential areas, and other critical assets, as well as undercover operations at black spots, criminal hideouts, and flashpoints to curtail all forms of crime and ensure peaceful Yuletide in the state.
The Commissioner hereby reiterates the ban on the use of fireworks during the festive period. He further advised parents and guardians to warn their children and wards to desist from such acts, as officers were directed to arrest anyone who violated this order.
The CP further assures the good people of the state that the police, in synergy with other security agencies, are making more efforts to ensure a peaceful festive period.
While calling on all law-abiding citizens to cooperate by reporting suspicious movements or any act of criminality within their neighbourhood to the security forces nearest to them.
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