NSCDC deploys 2000 personnel for Eid-el-Fitr celebration in Edo

The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has announced the deployment of implicit 2000 unit crossed the State for the Eid-el-Fitr celebration.

DAILY POST reports that the unit are to guarantee capable information before, during, and aft the celebration.

A property connection by Akintayo Saidi Ayinla, Commandant of the Command, made disposable to newsmen, connected Tuesday, March 17, 2026, by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Ogbebor Efosa, said the deployment is portion of proactive measures by the Command to warrant a peaceful and hitch-free solemnisation for each residents, peculiarly Muslim faithful observing the festive period.

Ayinla, said the unit were drawn from assorted specialised units of the Corps, including the Armed Squad, Female Special Squad, Counter Terrorism Unit, Disaster Management Unit, and the Commandant’s Monitoring Team.

He noted that the operatives person been strategically deployed crossed the 3 senatorial districts of the state.

He said captious nationalist locations specified arsenic markets, recreational centres, supplication grounds, highways, and different susceptible points would beryllium adequately secured to forestall immoderate signifier of transgression enactment and guarantee the information of lives and property.

Commandant Akintayo further emphasised that the Command volition enactment successful adjacent synergy with different information agencies successful the authorities to guarantee broad se...