By Bode Olagoke Abuja
Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has ordered the deployment of 40,000 personnel for the Easter celebrations across the nation. A statement signed yesterday Some of the suspected Boko Haram members arraigned by Department of State Security (DSS), at the Federal High Court, in Abuja yesterday Photo: Ayuba Raji in Abuja by the Corps spokesman, Emmanuel Okeh, said apart from the deployment of personnel, sniff er dogs, specialised units, such as CBRN, Special Force, Counter Terrorism, Ambulances, Surveillance team are to be deployed to strategic areas across the country.
Th e statement charged the personnel to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure within their localities against vandals and enemies of the nation. It also quoted the commandant-general while felicitating with the Christian faithful, urged them to live exemplary life preached by Christ “who sacrifi ce himself for the sin of all and sundry.” Gana, however, directed the zonal commanders and state commandants to ensure effi cient deployment of their personnel to all nooks and crannies for eff ective policing of lives and property against any form of attack. He urged personnel to work in synergy with other sister agencies saying the corps will not tolerate any form of sabotage and crisis between the NSCDC personnel and other sister agency over issues that could be avoided
