Sallah: Nagogo, Commanders, DPOs on red alert

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Ahead of the 2020 EID-eL-KABIR celebrations slated for July 30&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;punchng&period;com">Zamfara State Police Command&comma;<&sol;a> under the leadership of Commissioner &nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;punchng&period;com">Usman Nagogo<&sol;a>&comma; has stepped up measures to provides adequate security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">This also include measures to ensure hitch free celebration across the 14 local governments areas of the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Superintendent &nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<strong>Mohammed shehu&comma;<&sol;strong> Zamfara Police Public Relations Officer made this available in a signed statement made available to OpenLife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In the statement&comma; Nagogo assures members of the public that adequate security measures have been put in place to cover all the praying grounds&period; The measure also covers highways to forestall&nbsp&semi; any security hitch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">To this end&comma; the statement added that &nbsp&semi;the Commissioner of Police has directed all&nbsp&semi; Area Commanders&comma; DPOs and&nbsp&semi; various Tactical Commanders&nbsp&semi; to be on red alert&period; He has also instructed them to properly cover&nbsp&semi; their areas of responsibility&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Specifically&comma; the stop and search&comma; rigorous patrols as well as raiding of criminal hideout areas should be aggressive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&nbsp&semi;Similarly&comma; the CP enjoins members of the public&nbsp&semi; to be security conscious and report all suspicious movement to the nearest police station for prompt action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He&nbsp&semi; further warns all and sundry to abide by the rules and regulations meant for the prevention of&nbsp&semi; the spread of <strong>COVID-19<&sol;strong> in Zamfara state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Instructively&comma; citizens and members of the public are advised to&nbsp&semi; call the following numbers for immediate emergency response&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hot Lines for Emergency<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The following numbers are available in case of emergency within the state&comma; 08036525452&comma; 08091914752&comma; 08038338555&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Meanwhile&comma; governor Bello Matawalle assumed office on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP in 2019&period; He has so far given out cows and rams to the citizens of Zamfara&nbsp&semi; for sumptuous Sallah celebrations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Zamfara&nbsp&semi;state&nbsp&semi;is in northwestern&nbsp&semi;Nigeria with &nbsp&semi;capital in<strong> Gusua<&sol;strong>&period; Before its creation &nbsp&semi;in 1996 by late general Sanni Abacha&comma; the area was part of&nbsp&semi;Sokoto State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The State is populated with the&nbsp&semi;Hausa&nbsp&semi;and&nbsp&semi;Fulani&nbsp&semi;peoples&period; Major groups of people are the Zamfarawa mainly in<strong>&nbsp&semi;Anka&comma;&nbsp&semi;Gummi&comma;&nbsp&semi;Bukkuyum&nbsp&semi;and&nbsp&semi;Talata Mafara<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;Local Governments areas&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;