By Joyce Remi- Babayeju
Permanent Secretary of the FCTA, Mr. Olusade Adesola has assured residents of the territory of security and safety during the upcoming Eid-El-Kabir celebrations.
In a press release made available to Daybreak from FCTA, the assurance was given following the monthly FCT Security Committee meeting.
Adesola who chaired the meeting disclosed that there will be intensified patrol operations as well as an increase in intelligence operations which will be carried out individually and jointly by the various security organisations in the FCT.
He gave the assurance that all security agencies to continue to work in unison for the adequate security of the Territory and urged residents to cooperate with security agents and each other to safeguard lives and property.
Meanwhile he also disclosed that the security agencies had made breakthroughs in the fight against organized crime with the recent arrest of the leaders of a major “one-chance” syndicate responsible for many criminal activities in the FCT.
Adesola said that removal of shanties, squatter settlements and illegal residents along the Airport road which will be extended across the FCT is intended to ensure that hoodlums that have hitherto dominated those environment will no longer have bases from which to operate.
If you don’t have any legitimate business, you cannot use Abuja as your safe haven, he said.
Furthermore the Permanent Secretary urged residents to continue to follow the prescribed non-pharmaceutical intervention which include facial coverings, constant hand washing and physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
