Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC says two thousand three hundred officers and men of the Command have been deployed to strategic places in Oyo state ahead of the Eid-el-kabir celebrations.
NSCDC public relations officer, Mrs Oyindamola Okuneye made this known in a statement released on Thursday
The statement quoted the NSCDC commandant in oyo state, Mr Micheal Adaralewa as saying that the Command has intensified surveillance and patrol of Critical infrastructures, flash spots, shopping malls, recreation centres and NNPC right of ways to forestall criminality during the Eid-El Kabir celebrations.
It urges all the divisional officers across the State to see Eid-El Kabir festival as a challenge in other to beef up Security in their various divisions especially the praying grounds and every part of the State for Security coverage before, during and after the Sallah.
He stressed further that the Country can only overcome all his Security challenges if peace unit among the citizenry is given a priority.
“We can only live in peace among all the tribes, ethnics, religious group in the Country to achieve one goal of unity.
He stressed further that the Country can only overcome all his Security challenges if peace among the citizenry is given a priority