The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra State has deployed 1,531 personnel to provide security during President Bola Tinubu’s visit to the state on Thursday.
According to the state Commandant, Olatunde Maku, the officers will be responsible for securing key national, state, and local government assets and infrastructure throughout the visit.
Maku disclosed this on Wednesday after a strategic meeting held at the state headquarters in Awka with area commanders, divisional officers, unit heads, and other senior officials of the corps.
He revealed that additional personnel would be drawn from neighbouring states including Enugu, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, and Delta to reinforce the team in Anambra.
He said, “The NSCDC in collaboration with other sister security agencies has intensified covert surveillance, increased joint operations, including raids on criminal hideouts as well as confidence-building patrols within the state, reinforcing the readiness of security agencies to emplace a secure environment throughout the high-profile visit.
“The command had made robust security arrangements with sister security agencies to ensure a successful state visit of Mr President, the first critical asset in the country.”
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Maku explained that the officers would be stationed at strategic points such as the airport, major bridges, government buildings, public parks, markets, and essential infrastructure like electricity and telecommunication installations, as well as Solution Fun City and other sensitive locations across the state.
He said, “Our personnel would be positioned in strategic locations including the airport, bridges, government buildings, parks, markets, electricity substations, telecommunication facilities, solution fun city facilities, and other sensitive locations across the state before, during and after the visit.”
Maku added that NSCDC operatives would form part of the President’s security escort and manage crowd control to ensure free passage of the convoy.
He stated, “NSCDC personnel will be part of the human shield against the crowd obstructing the free-flow of the President’s entourage on the mapped out routes, in addition to access control of some locations.”
He encouraged officers to conduct themselves with professionalism, discipline, and mutual respect in collaboration with other security agencies. He also called on the public to remain peaceful and law-abiding as they welcome the President.
