NIGERIAN POLICE BAN USE OF FIREWORKS, IMPROVES SECURITY AROUND CHURCHES NATIONWIDE IN YULETIDE SEASON

The Nigerian Police has ensured security arrangements around churches across the country to forestall attacks by insurgents

Similarly, the police commands across the country have banned the use of fireworks, especially around churches.

Findings show that police formations across the country are deploying thousands of men in churches, and locations like major markets and motor parks, an arrangement that is expected to continue till the New Year’s Day celebration.

Police’s spokesman, Donald Awunah, confirmed that the nationwide operation would involve specialised units like the Police Mobile Force, Counter-terrorism Unit, Special Protection Unit, Federal Highway Patrol, Explosive Ordinance Department, the Armament Unit, Marine Police, helicopters and sniffer dogs.