Subsidy Removal: Security Beefed Up In Abuja

In anticipation of protests, the Nigeria Police Force yesterday beefed up security across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).



We learnt that armed policemen drawn from the various units of the FCT Command were deployed to strategic government institutions and locations in a bid to pre-empt the breakdown of law and order over the fuel price hike.

Battle-ready police officers and men drawn from the regular, combatant and counter-terrorism units were seen in the Abuja metropolis and it suburbs.
Also, armoured tanks fitted with modern communications gadgets, were rolled out in different parts of the city.

A source in the FCT Command explained that deployment of policemen was done to forestall violent fuel hike protests in and around Abuja.