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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered additional deployment of police personnel in some states in Nigeria’s North-East.
Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Jimoh Moshood, announced this in a statement signed by him on Wednesday at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
According to the police spokesman, all Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands, their Supervising Assistant Inspectors General of Police, and other police formations nationwide have been asked to be on red-alert with effect from November 21.
He said the directive was given to nip in the bud and prevent the spread of the renewed Boko Haram attacks on soft targets, especially at mosques, churches, markets, and schools among other places of public gathering in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
Mr Moshood was also hopeful that it would help to quell the recent attacks by armed bandits in Zamfara State and other vulnerable states in the country.
IGP Orders Additional Deployment Of Police Personnel In North East
