By Stanley Onyekwere
No death was recorded during its recently concluded ‘Operation Eagle Eye’, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Abuja Operations Office, has said.
Recall that the ‘Operation Eagle Eye’ is an exercise periodically carried out in collaboration with stakeholders during festive season with an aim to reduce and respond to emergency situations.
However, while making the disclosure on the zero death recorded in the process, Head, NEMA Abuja Operations Office, Justin Uwazuruonye, in an interview, said the agency and relevant stakeholders deployed their personnel to strategic routes for the operation.
He added that the exercise, which began on July 8 and ended on July 13 was done to sensitise road users on the need to embrace safety measures during the just concluded 2022 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.
“NEMA and stakeholders normally jointly deploy personnel to various routes in and out of Abuja and these personnel are usually stationed at two strategic points.
“City gate, Airport road, Giri junction, Gwagwalada axis, AYA, Kugbo and Keffi axis.
“The stakeholders include the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Red Cross and NEMA’s Executive Volunteers.
“The exercise was a step to further prepare for eventualities that might arise in cases of emergencies and to ensure that the agency was ready to respond to accidents, emergencies or other forms of disasters that could occur during the Sallah celebration.
“In the course of duty, we had only one alert during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations and we responded to it immediately.
“However, two victims who sustained injuries were taken to the hospital and there were no reported death,” he said.
Uwazuruonye while appreciating the stakeholders for a job well done, however, called for greater collaboration as they respond to emergency situations.
He also advised motorists and residents of Abuja and it’s environs to always obey traffic rules all the time, to reduce crashes on the roads.
