Tight security in FCT, Kwara as Muslims celebrate sallah

Date: 2016-09-12

There was tight security at the various eid prayer grounds in the Federal Capital Territory and Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Monday as Muslim faithful marked the Eid-el-Kabir.

Policemen from the Police Mobile Force, Counter-Terrorism Units and the Explosive Ordinance Department were deployed in the prayer grounds to foil any plot by nefarious elements.

Armed policemen were also seen at strategic points around the FCT, including mobile patrol teams at major street junctions and locations in Abuja.

One of our correspondents, who went round the FCT, observed security operatives, including men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Department of State Services' personnel, and Federal Road Safety Corps' officers at all the prayer grounds.

At Kubwa, a satellite town in the FCT, security was tight as policemen screened those who came to participate in the eid prayers.

The men of the FRSC were seen regulating and controlling vehicular traffic along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway during the prayers.

A similar situation was observed at the main eid prayer ground along the Airport Road, Abuja, where security operatives maintained a watchful presence on hundreds of Muslim faithful who converged on the place for prayers.

Besides policemen, the prayer ground at the NYSC Junction along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway was also guarded by some Sharia officers attired in brown uniform and blue berets.

The FCT Command Police Public Relations Officer, Manza Anjuguri, said there was no incident during the special sallah operation, noting that everything was free of crisis.

"It was a successful operation for the police. There was no incident or violence. Our men were on duty at all the prayer grounds where they screened the faithful and provided security for everyone," he said on the telephone.

Also in Ilorin, there was a high presence of security operatives at the prayer grounds as Muslim faithful observed the Eid-el-Kabir prayers on Monday.

Personnel of the Nigerian Army, DSS, police, FRSC, Nigerian Immigration Service, NSCDC, Nigeria Prison Service, other paramilitary agencies and Nigerian Vigilance Group were seen at the prayer arenas and major junctions in the state providing security.

The prayer ended peacefully in Ilorin, where there was apprehension that it could be disrupted and dignitaries embarrassed.

Reports from across the state, as of the time of filing the report, indicated that the prayers also ended peacefully. The Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki; the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed; the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad; the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, and the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Basiru Mohammed, were among the dignitaries that attended the prayers at the Ilorin Yidi prayer ground.

Earlier, Saraki had distributed empowerment materials said to be worth about N250m to selected beneficiaries across the 16 local government areas of the state.

The Director-General, Mandate Constituency office, Mr. Abdulwahab Issa, said the beneficiaries included women associations, taxi drivers associations, Hausa, Igbo, Suru and Fulani groups; members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Nigeria Labour Congress, Nigeria Association of Local Government Employees, and Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusola Amore, said the heavy presence of security operatives was a normal security measure to ensure peaceful prayers and celebrations.

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Solomon Edojah     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Ajasse-Ipo     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Madawaki     Kale Bayero     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ahmad Belgore     Toyosi Thomas     Olatunji Moronfoye     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     KWSUED     Segun Adeniyi     Funmilayo Braithwaite     ASMAU PLAZA     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Baba Idris     Revenue Court     Ilorin Emirate     Moronfoye     Henry Makinwa     Suleman Abubakar     Obasanjo     Kayode Ibrahim     Lawal Jimoh     Salman Jawondo     Alliance For Democracy     Kwara Liberation Group     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Toyin Sanusi     Oluranti Idowu     Kisra     Olawuyi     Toyin Falola     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Jimba Babatunde     Lai Mohammed     Adamu Attah     Sa\'adu Gambari     Wasiu Odewale     Ishaq Oloyede     Olayinka Olaogun     Adebayo Salami     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Hassan Oyeleke     Tsado Manman     Tosho Yaqub     Budo Egba     Dunmade     Oniwa     Gobir     Iyaloja-General     Nagode     Mogaji Aare     Alikinla     Al-Adaby     Share-Tsaragi     Kwasu     Jani Ibrahim     Aminat Omodara     Ibrahim Akaje     Baruten     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Christopher Odetunde     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Ramat Oganija     Balogun Gambari     Rashidi Yekini     Maja    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

MAI Akande     Umar Gunu     Share/Tsaragi     Clara Nwachukwu     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Olatunji Ayeni     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Khairat Gwadabe     ENetSuD     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Chikanda     Ajidagba     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ajibike Katibi     Tunji Olawuyi     TESCOM     Simeon Ajibola     Justina Oha     Suleman Abubakar     Segun Ogunsola     Turaki Of Ilorin     IDPU     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Omotoso Musa     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Belgore     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Baba Issa     CCB     SARS     Hauwa Nuru     Michael Nzwekwe     Kwabes     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     TESCOM 2025     Abdulwahab Oba     Ilorin Metro Park     Sanusi Abubakar     Ogidi-Oloje     Gobir Organization Foundation     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Suleiman Idris     John Mayokun Dada     Sabo-Oke     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Fareedah Dankaka     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Moses Salami     Ahmed \'Lateef     Ishaq Oloyede     Abubakar Suleiman     Ibrahim Mashood     Atiku     Yeketi     Olaitan Adefila     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Gwanara     Ayo Opadokun     Shehu Salau     Ilorin South Constituency     Abdulkarim Adisa     Harafat E. Mukadam     Garba Dogo     Kayode Issa     Kale Ayo     Kwara Restoration Project     Olabanji Orilonishe     Segun Olawoyin     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu