Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said it will deploy 40,000 personnel to ensure adequate security across the country during the Eid el-Fitr celebration.
NSCDC spokesperson, CSC Babawale Afolabi, on Monday in Abuja, said that the deployment is premised on the need to be proactive.
Afolabi, in a statement, said NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Audi, has ordered state commandants to deploy personnel to strategic locations and flash points.
According to him, NSCDC will deploy both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches to nip in the bud all acts of criminalities before, during and after the Eid el-Fitr celebration in various states.
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