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Police deploy personnel to protect aso villa, eagle square ahead of May 29

The police have deployed personnel to protect the Presidential Villa, provide security at and around the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital, and man all Nigerian borders, seaports, and airports ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu.

Its Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known on Thursday in a statement,  explaining that the operatives would equally be deployed to man the entry and exit points of the capital city and other critical government installations.

Personnel for the inauguration was drawn from Special Forces including,  the Police Mobile Force, Counter-Terrorism Unit, Special Protection Unit, Anti-Bomb Squad, FIB-Intelligence Response Team, and the Special Tactical Squad, among others.

The force also deployed helicopters and drones for aerial surveillance in Abuja and its environs as well as water cannons and armoured personnel carriers.

The statement added that the police and other security operatives would be located along routes to-and-from the inauguration ground while vehicular movements would be diverted along some routes including the Goodluck Jonathan Expressway by Court of Appeal; Deeper Life Junction, POWA/FCDA junction, finance junction by ECOWAS/Women Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Eagle Square Phase One and Phase two.

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