I wonder what Christmas would look like without Fireworks... But Hey, Safety First!
Briefing Government House Correspondents shortly after an emergency State Security Council meeting, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said the Council decided to stop any form of procession due to the intelligence reports on security, which indicated the possibility of such processions being hijacked by hoodlums and criminal elements.
He said that inasmuch as the government would like residents to celebrate the yuletide with all the fanfare associated with the season, the security situation across the globe requires everyone to be on red alert so as to prevent unscrupulous elements from unleashing terror on innocent citizens.
He however said the state was not under any special security threat, but that proactive measures have been put in place to forestall any breakdown of law and order.
He specifically said that security agencies in the state have been mandated to restrict social gatherings including open carnivals however urging organizers of such events to let the Police in the know for adequate security arrangements to be put in place.
On the issue of false alarm, the Police Commissioner said the security agencies in the state are in position of intelligence reports to the effect that some miscreants are planning to raise false alarm and take advantage of such situation to rob their victims.
He urged residents to be mindful and thoroughly scrutinize any alarm raised especially in public places.
While insisting that the order restricting the use of fireworks in the state is still in force, Owoseni alongside heads of other security agencies in Lagos said that law enforcement officers have been sent out to arrest those selling and distributing the device in the market.
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