Di Nigeria Police Force don explain why dem deploy plenty security personnel and put barricades for different parts of Abuja city centre. Dem say make people no panic because no security threat dey.
Di Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Iniedu, give di assurance during joint media briefing by security and intelligence agencies, wey hold for Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA) for Abuja.
According to am, di heavy security presence na proactive measure to maintain law and order after protester don increase for city centre. “Na joint operation. No cause for alarm at di moment,” Iniedu tok.
“We don notice say protest dey increase for city centre, and we dey try to maintain law and order, wey be our primary responsibility. Di deployments involve movement from one location to another to make sure di city centre remain safe,” e add.
E stress say di security measures na routine and dem design am to safeguard life and property, especially for di nation capital wey get government institutions, diplomatic missions and foreign investors.
“Remember, we dey for capital, and plenty things must do to ensure confidence among those for city centre, as well as our foreign investors,” e tok.
Di Nation report say di barricades, wey dem mount for strategic locations across di city centre for recent days, don cause traffic jam and delay for thousands of motorists, civil servants and oda workers wey dey commute inside Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Speaking further, Iniedu say di Nigeria Police Force don expand dia security strategy from intelligence-led policing to wetin e call “intelligence-led community collaborative policing.”
E explain say di new approach recognise say intelligence gathering alone no enough to tackle emerging security threats, so e put more emphasis on collaboration with local communities. “We don see say intelligence alone no go help us. We don go further to create collaborative processes with our communities,” e tok.
Also speaking, one representative from di National Coordination Office of di Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Kingsley Amako, say security agencies don continue to strengthen intelligence gathering and financial surveillance to combat terrorism financing.
“We get very robust intelligence-gathering mechanisms. As dem evolve new tricks and change dia tactics, we dey evolve with dem,” Amako tok.
E note say while some security operations no fit publicise for strategic reasons, security agencies dey work together to counter evolving threats. Amako also urge journalists to go meet di relevant security institutions whenever dem need clarification to avoid misinformation.
