NSCDC deploys 1,542 personnel for Eid al-Kabir security in Edo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) successful Edo State has deployed 1,542 unit crossed the authorities to support information during the 2026 Eid al-Kabir celebrations.

The Edo State Commandant of NSCDC, Saidi Akintayo, announced this connected Friday successful Benin during a property briefing.

He said the deployment followed the directive of the NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Audi, and was aimed astatine ensuring a peaceful and hitch-free solemnisation crossed each 3 senatorial districts of the state.

According to him, officers were drawn from assorted units, including tactical teams and the equipped squad, arsenic good arsenic Counter-Terrorism, Intelligence and Investigation, Agro Rangers, and Operations departments.

He explained that unit had been stationed astatine cardinal locations specified arsenic Eid supplication grounds, markets, recreation centres, highways, centrifugal parks, places of worship, and different susceptible areas.

“Our unit person been strategically positioned astatine Eid supplication grounds, marketplaces, recreational centres, highways, centrifugal parks, worship centres and different susceptible locations to supply capable information before, during and aft the celebration,” helium said.

Akintayo besides said elder officers had been directed to intensify patrols, surveillance, and quality gathering to forestall immoderate breakdown of instrumentality and bid during the festive period.

He warned transgression elements to enactment ...