The Nigerian Police has stepped security for Christmas festivity period, the Inspector General of Police Suileman Abba has said.
As part of these, measures the police are conducting round the clock surveillance of busy links to Abuja.
Abba spoke spoke to newsmen at the Custom Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, FCT after completing a phased aerial surveillance of the FCT and the Kaduna-Abuja-Lokoja Highway.
The Police Chief, who was accompanied by senior Police Officers, added that the helicopter patrol was undertaken to complement the good efforts of Police personnel who are strategically deployed nationwide to ensure safety and security of lives and property.
According to him, the Nigeria Police and other security agencies are working round the clock to ensure safety and security of Nigerians and enjoined Nigerians to cooperate with the security agencies and report any suspicious persons or group.
This, he said, would enable the Nigeria Police respond to prevent any threat of a breach of the peace.
