The Nigeria Police Force has assured Nigerians and all other residents and visitors in the country that it will effectively review the United States of America Embassy in Abuja’s security advisory.
In a statement on Monday, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said as the lead agency in internal security, the Police will not take any threat intelligence, either actionable or not, for granted, stressing that there is no cause for alarm as all hands are on deck to collectively nip threats in the bud.
The statement sad the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory, heads of tactical squads domiciled in the FCT, and other State Command CPs to re-strategize security management within their jurisdictions,.
It said the Force Headquarters in collaboration with other security agencies would continue to avail them with required support, logistics, and deployments necessary for providing safety to all and sundry in Nigeria.
”In furtherance of his zeal and strategies to decimate activities of non-state actors and other criminal elements in the FCT and other parts of the country, and to analyze and de-escalate threats gathered from various intelligence at the Force’s disposal, U.S advisory inclusive, the IGP has announced the immediate commencement of a Counter Terrorism Incident Simulation Exercise codenamed “Operation Darkin Gaggawa” will hold within the Force Headquarters and the Police Officers Wives Association School opposite the Force Headquarters, Abuja, between Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th October, 2022”.
”The exercise will involve diversion of traffic, use of blank ammunition, and other operational manpower and assets, and is designed to improve interoperability and synergy between different Units and Formations of the Force in response to terrorist incidents and other violent crimes”, the statement read.
The NPF thereby urged the general public not to panic at the sounds of explosives and gunshots during the exercise.
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