FCT Police assures hitch-free celebrations as G7 meets to tackle violent crimes

By Stanley Onyekwere

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Garba Haruna has assured that adequate security measures are in place to ensure a hitch free and peaceful Sallah celebrations in the FCT.
Haruna urged residents to go about their business during the Sallah celebrations in the FCT without fear of any breakdown of law and order.
He said arrangements have been concluded for the FCT residents to have a peaceful Sallah celebrations as Police officers have been put on alert.
He added that deployments have been done right from the evening preceding Sallah day, and EODs will scan and screen the areas that people are supposed to gather.
He adds: “The message I have for residents of the FCT is we have given them the assurance, they are safe and secure. They should move about their lawful businesses. We are to support them and to secure them, there will be no problem.”
In a related development, the G7 security operations involving collaborations between the FCT and its contiguous States will seek to tackle the menace of kidnappings and other violent crimes in the FCT and its surrounding States in the coming weeks.
The Director, FCTA Department of Security Services, Adamu Gwary who made this disclosure on Tuesday shortly after the monthly FCT Security Committee Meeting, also revealed that the upcoming G7 meeting slated for July 5th in the FCT, will herald the G7 operations across the contiguous states to the FCT.
It was gathered that the meeting, which was chaired by the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola had in attendance, heads of various military and para-military formations in the FCT, religious and traditional leaders as well as relevant officers of the FCTA.
Gwary, while giving further explanation on the upcoming meeting, said: “The FCT Administration is hosting the meeting for the Technical Committee, which comprises the heads of the security agencies, the members States’ Commissioners of Police, the Director of Security and the Commandant of the NSCDC.
“There is the military component too, the Army Headquarters Garrison and the Defence Headquarters are part of the meeting. They will discuss and agree on modalities and approach to the clearance exercise.”
The Director also disclosed that security agencies in the FCT have been directed to take appropriate measures in curtailing the issues of cattle herding in the city of Abuja, the activities of scavengers popularly known as Baban bola among others.