The Anambra State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Comdt. Maku Olatunde on Wednesday visited some flashpoints in the state, to assess the security situation and readiness of personnel to deal with undesirable elements who may want to disrupt the celebrations.

The visit is a follow-up to the operational order for the Christmas and New Year festivities released by the command and the subsequent deployment of 2409 Command personnel to various strategic locations.

The visit which is ongoing till the festive period is over, took the State Commandant to Solution Innovation Center, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Awka, Church of Pentecost Agu Awka, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Unizik Temp Site Awka, and Aroma Junction Awka.

Other places visited were Government House Junction Amawbia, Aroma Bridge, Federal Secretariat road, Unizik Junction, Kwata Junction, Amawbia bye pass, ABS Junction, Kenneth Dike Library, Ekwueme Square road, Ziks Avenue, Prisons Road, Ziks Avenue, and Eke Market Awka among others.

Speaking on the essence of the on-the-spot assessment and confidence-building patrol, Comdt. Maku said the mood of the celebrations deserves to be calm, peaceful and hitch-free.

He commended the display of professionalism by officers and men seen at their various beats, urging them to remain alert and vigilant to prevent any unpleasant situation.

He reiterated that the command has rolled out all its human and operational assets to curtail criminal activities before, during and after the festive period.

“The Command has maintained relentless operations, leveraging actionable intelligence and deploying effectively to strategic locations to combat any violent crimes, including vandalism, kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry, cultism, and other criminal activities.

“We remain on high alert, steadfast in our commitment to foil the plans of criminals, while intensifying statewide operations to emerge victorious in the fight against crimes and criminality, which we are determined not to lose,” said Maku.

The NSCDC State helmsman warned vandals, disgruntled elements, miscreants, hoodlums, and non-state actors intending to cause any form of violence or disturbance of public peace to have a rethink or desist as NSCDC in synergy with other security agencies is fully prepared and battle-ready to maintain the relative peace in the state.

Comdt Maku appealed for collective effort among Anambra residents and security agencies to fish out perpetrators of heinous crimes in society cautioning the public not to shield anyone they reasonably suspect engaging in crime for the benefit of all and sundry.

The State Commandant was accompanied by the Assistant Commandant of Corps, Operations, Chinweze Chinenye, Assistant Commandant of Corps; Ulasi Okwuchukwu, VIP Protection Unit, Assistant Commandant of Corps Intelligence and Investigation, Ewogu Chinedum, SC Ugochukwu Nwafor, Unit Commander, SC Ikenna Nwokedi, O/C Beat, SC Ngozi Okoye, Female Strike Force, among others.