NSCDC deploys 40,000 personnel nationwide for Eid el-Fitr

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said it will deploy 40,000 personnel to ensure adequate security across the country during the Eid el-Fitr celebration.

NSCDC spokesperson, CSC Babawale Afolabi, on Monday in Abuja, said that the deployment is premised on the need to be proactive.

Afolabi, in a statement, said NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Audi, has ordered state commandants to deploy personnel to strategic locations and flash points.

According to him, NSCDC will deploy both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches to nip in the bud all acts of criminalities before, during and after the Eid el-Fitr celebration in various states.