Ahead of the Sallah celebrations this week, the Lagos Police Command on Sunday said they have intensified surveillance patrol of worship centres to avoid a security breach.
Already, operatives of the Anti-Bomb and Counter-Terrorism units have been deployed to sweep places of worship and screen people entering the centres.
Police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said surveillance teams would also be deployed in recreational centres, markets and other areas of gathering to monitor activities of criminal elements and prevent them.
He said: “The command’s Tactical Units and Special Forces are deployed in strategic locations to deal decisively with any criminal element before, during and after the celebration. Aerial, land and waterway patrols are intensified”.
The Commissioner of Police also called on Lagosians to be conscious of their environment and remain vigilant at all times.
He appealed to Parents and Guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards.
He also called on the youths to be law abiding and shun any act of lawlessness, gangsterism and violence. He warned that, the Command will deal mercilessly with criminal elements in the State in accordance with the law.