More than 3000 police officers have been deployed to every corner in Taraba State.
According to the State Police Command, the deployment of personnel across the state is to ensure smooth celebration.
The State Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Amodu Suleiman, who made this known on Friday in Jalingo, the state capital, said security has also been beefed up in the various worship centres.
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The Commissioner, who spoke through the command’s spokesman, Abdullahi Usman, said the command, in collaboration with sister agencies, have deployed personnel to areas that have been identified as flashpoints in the state.
The Commissioner, according to Usman, has “directed all the DPOs spread across this state to ensure that there is no breach of peace before, during and after the Sallah celebration in any of the local government areas.”
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Heavily armed policemen were noticed in major areas in the Jalingo metropolis.
Activities of hoodlums, especially in the Southern part of the state, have recently been on the increase.
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