EASTER SECURITY: NSCDC DEPLOYS 1,077 PERSONNEL ACROSS ANAMBRA

REPORTER: KEVIN EKEDIEGWU

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra State has deployed one thousand and seventy-seven of its personnel for the Easter celebration in the state.

The deployment is to ensure security of lives and property as Christians in the state join their counterparts in other parts of the world to mark the event.

In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Corps, Mr. Edwin Okadigbo, the Commandant of the Corps in the state, Mr. Chukwudi Chikere, ordered that the officers and men of different units should be involved in the deployment.

The statement noted that the Commandant directed them to ensure that places of worship, recreation areas and places with high concentration of people were secured during the festive period.

According to the statement, the Commandant tasked the selected personnel to be professional and diligent in discharging their duties with high sense of responsibility during the period.

The statement also directed all Area Commanders and Divisional Officers to embark on effective and rigorous patrol of their respective areas of responsibility in order to safeguard lives and property in addition to protecting all critical national asset and infrastructure within their domain.

The statement urged Christians to take advantage of the period to seek divine intervention in the affairs of the nation and take a clue from the supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ by eschewing all forms of political, social and religious violence.

EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU