A total of 4,000 security personnel have been
deployed in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to ensure a hitch-free
handover at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto, the venue of the inauguration
ceremony of Senator Ibikunle Amosun as the next governor of the state.
While the Commissioner of Police for the Ogun State Command, Mr. Musa Daura, had deployed 3,000 policemen, including men of the anti-bomb disposal unit, the Corps Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command, Alhaji Poopola Bamidele, deployed 1,000 men.
Our correspondent observed that personnel from the Police Bomb Disposal Unit were already combing the entire stadium and adjoining premises with bomb detection devices, while traders and visitors to the stadium were denied access to the area until after the Sunday inauguration.
The command’s spokesman, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent in an interview that a reasonable number of security dogs had been assembled to help in crime prevention and control during the exercise.
He added that the police parade team had started rehearsing for the handover, while giving the assurance that all necessary arrangements had been concluded to ensure a hitch-free handover.
In a statement, the NSCDC spokesperson, Ogun State Command, Mr. Kareem Olanrewaju and the commandant, Poopola, charged the officers to be committed and display a high level of professionalism in discharging their duties. He enjoined politicians, their supporters and the general public to cooperate with the security agencies for a peaceful transition.
By Francis Falola, Abeokuta Courtesy Of: Punch
While the Commissioner of Police for the Ogun State Command, Mr. Musa Daura, had deployed 3,000 policemen, including men of the anti-bomb disposal unit, the Corps Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command, Alhaji Poopola Bamidele, deployed 1,000 men.
Our correspondent observed that personnel from the Police Bomb Disposal Unit were already combing the entire stadium and adjoining premises with bomb detection devices, while traders and visitors to the stadium were denied access to the area until after the Sunday inauguration.
The command’s spokesman, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent in an interview that a reasonable number of security dogs had been assembled to help in crime prevention and control during the exercise.
He added that the police parade team had started rehearsing for the handover, while giving the assurance that all necessary arrangements had been concluded to ensure a hitch-free handover.
In a statement, the NSCDC spokesperson, Ogun State Command, Mr. Kareem Olanrewaju and the commandant, Poopola, charged the officers to be committed and display a high level of professionalism in discharging their duties. He enjoined politicians, their supporters and the general public to cooperate with the security agencies for a peaceful transition.
By Francis Falola, Abeokuta Courtesy Of: Punch
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