INAUGURATION: Helicopters, counter-terrorism, anti-bomb mobile forces deployed, as police set for May 29

*Personnel to protect Aso Villa, Eagle Square, man nation’s borders

*All seaports, airports, entry to nation’s capital to be fully guarded

By BASHIR ADEFAKA

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has deployed personnel to be on guard for the protection of Aso Rock Presidential Villa and provide security around the Eagle Square in Abuja, in preparation for the May 29 inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu.

The police deployment is also to man all Nigerian borders, seaports and airports for the purpose of achieving a hitch-free ceremony on Monday.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying 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 were drawn from Special Forces namely, the Police Mobile Force, Counter-Terrorism Unit, Special Protection Unit, Anti-Bomb Squad, FIB-Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad, among others.

Also deployed by the police are helicopters and drones for aerial surveillance in Abuja and its environs as well as water cannons and armoured personnel carriers.

The statement further revealed 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.