Police roll out security plan for Eid in Borno, restrict tricycles

The Borno State Police Command has announced a broad information program up of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations, including a impermanent regularisation connected the question of tricycles, popularly known arsenic Keke Napep.

In a connection issued connected Thursday, the Command besides extended lukewarm greetings to the Muslim Ummah connected the palmy completion of the Ramadan fast.

“As portion of efforts to guarantee a peaceful and hitch-free celebration, the Police said the question of tricycles volition beryllium restricted from 6:00 americium to 12:00 p.m. connected March 20, 2026.

“This directive is aimed astatine enhancing information coordination, easiness assemblage management, and forestall immoderate imaginable information threats,” the connection said.

The connection urged members of the nationalist to comply strictly.

The Command advised worshippers to observe Eid prayers astatine designated grounds closest to their homes to trim question and debar overcrowding.

To guarantee effectual coverage, the Police said it has deployed capable personnel, successful collaboration with different information agencies, to Eid supplication grounds, markets, centrifugal parks, and different susceptible locations crossed the state.

According to the statement, the deployment is intended to grip assemblage control, entree regulation, postulation management, and wide information surveillance passim the festive period.

The Command further disclosed that operatives of the Expl...