The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has deployed 2, 250 personnel to ensure safety of lives and property during Eid-el-Fitr celebration.
The Lagos State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Adedotun Keshinro, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday.
NAN reports that Eid-el-Fitr, also called Festival of Breaking the Fast, is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset Ramadan fast.
Keshinro said that the deployment of personnel followed Federal Government’s declaration of Monday and Tuesday public holiday to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr.
He said that the deployed officers and men were drawn from various departments, units, divisions and area commands of the NSCDC across the state.
“This is to ensure that lives and property are safe and secure as well as to protect critical national assets and infrastructure before, during and after the celebration,” he said.
He listed the assests and infrastructure to inlude manholes, telecommunication cables, fibres and masts, as well as closed circuit television cameras, electricity transformers, oil and gas pipelines and water pipes.
Keshinro felicitated Muslims and urged peace, love and unity among residents of the state in line with the teachings of the Quran.
The commandant warned vandals and other criminals to repent or face the wrath of the law.
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