Eid-il-Fitr: Work With Sister Agencies To Ensure Hitch-Free Celebration – Osun NSCDC To Personnel
- As Command Deploys 1,750 Officers For Round The Clock Security
Ahead of this year’s eid-il-fitr celebration, the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has charged its personnel to work in synergy with other sister agencies in the state to ensure the safety of lives and properties.
This was as the Command said it had deployed 1750 personnel to ensure security before, during, and after the celebration.
A statement by the command spokesperson, Kehinde Adeleke, noted that Osun NSCDC Commandant Igbalawole Sotiyo gave the charge during a meeting with Area Commanders and Divisional Officers across the state at the Command headquarters on Wednesday.
Commandant Sotiyo advised the personnel to discharge their duties with diligence and a high level of professionalism for a hitch-free celebration.
He also ordered round-the-clock security across the state to ensure a peaceful Eid-il-Fitr celebration.
According to the statement, the 1750 personnel were drawn from the Special Female Squad, Swift Action Response, Anti-Vandalism Unit, Armed Squad, Crisis Management, Intelligence and Surveillance Unit Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Unit for overt and covert operations.
While reassuring the public, especially Muslim faithful across Osun State and travelers, that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) would effectively discharge its constitutional responsibility of providing adequate security of lives and Critical National Assets and Infrastructure.
‘’I enjoin the good people of Osun State to be security conscious, please do not hesitate to report suspicious moves by individual or group to the nearest security agency,‘’ Commandant Sotiyo was quoted as saying.
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