The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced the diversion of traffic at strategic places in parts of the city to ensure a crisis-free presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), scheduled to hold today, Monday.
The Police also said it has restructured its security architecture to ensure law and order during the occasion. It also said the deployment would witness heavy visibility policing at the various traffic control points to aid the free flow of traffic, Stop and search, and vehicular and foot patrol among others.
This was stated by the
FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, in a statement.
The statement added that “The deployment is also characterized by heavy visibility policing, as would be witnessed at the various traffic control points in order to aid the free flow of traffic, Stop-and-search, and vehicular and foot patrol, among many others.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Babaji Sunday, while registering the Command’s unflinching commitment to the sustenance of the relative peace and tranquillity enjoyed, and a boost in the onward march against crime and criminality in the Territory, urged all and sundry to shun all forms of violence in the period in view and beyond.
“In addition to the above, members of the public are urged to remain vigilant, strengthen partnership with the Police as touching the rendition of prompt and actionable intelligence, reporting any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the Police through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, While the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, could be reached on: 0902 222 2352”.
