As preparations for the Christmas and New Year celebrations reach top gear, the Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade, has assured Nigerians that the Nigeria Police is capable of providing adequate security nationwide in spite of the determination of some disgruntled and misguided elements to cause chaos.
According to Olubolade, all Police formations nationwide have been put on the red alert to prevent people with evil machinations from achieving their aims, noting that the various training programmes embarked upon by the Nigeria Police Force in areas such as counter-terrorism, intelligence gathering and community policing have started yielding positive results as shown in the appreciable reduction in terrorist activities.
The Minister also warned those with evil intentions for the festive season to retrace their steps, as no effort would be spared in fishing out both the perpetrators and their sponsors, no matter their positions in the society.
According to him: “No religion advocates violence against non-adherents, so nobody should hide under the cover of any religion to destroy innocent lives and cause misery to others.”
Olubolade described the Saturday’s attack on some telecommunications facilities in Kano, Kano State by suicide bombers as an attempt to cause panic among Nigerians in the wake of the festive period and therefore urged all Christians and non-Christians to use the Christmas celebration to pray for God’s intervention in the affairs of the nation and to also make personal commitments to the restoration of national peace and security, without which no meaningful development can be achieved.
He also renewed his appeal for all Nigerians to combine security consciousness with their celebration and assist the police and other security agencies by promptly providing useful information on suspicious activities of people around them.
He wished all Nigerians a violence-free and crime-free celebration.
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