The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered massive deployment of police personnel in Kaduna to restore calm following the bombing of three churches in the state on Sunday.
In a statement by the Force Deputy Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the police boss appealed to residents of the affected areas to remain calm and avoid taking laws into their hands as the police and other security agencies were doing everything possible to end the incessant attacks.
Abubakar also urged opinion leaders to desist from making inciting or inflammatory statements capable of aggravating the situation. "Two wrong can never make a right," he said.
He warned criminal elements carrying out a campaign of violence against innocent citizens and institutions to desist from such acts.
According to him, the police and other law enforcement agencies will not sit back and watch such people put the life of innocent citizens in jeopardy.
The heavy police deployment followed reports of breakdown of law and order in the affected areas as youths took to the street to protest the attack on the churches.
As part of efforts to restore normalcy in the state, Suleiman Fakai, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, who co-ordinates police operations in the North West, has moved to Kaduna, and would personally command police operations in the state.
According to the police, 16 people died in the attacks; nine, including the suicide bomber, died at Christ the King Catholic Church, three died at ECWA Church, and four at Shalom church.
Culled:Dailytrustnigeria
In a statement by the Force Deputy Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the police boss appealed to residents of the affected areas to remain calm and avoid taking laws into their hands as the police and other security agencies were doing everything possible to end the incessant attacks.
Abubakar also urged opinion leaders to desist from making inciting or inflammatory statements capable of aggravating the situation. "Two wrong can never make a right," he said.
He warned criminal elements carrying out a campaign of violence against innocent citizens and institutions to desist from such acts.
According to him, the police and other law enforcement agencies will not sit back and watch such people put the life of innocent citizens in jeopardy.
The heavy police deployment followed reports of breakdown of law and order in the affected areas as youths took to the street to protest the attack on the churches.
As part of efforts to restore normalcy in the state, Suleiman Fakai, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, who co-ordinates police operations in the North West, has moved to Kaduna, and would personally command police operations in the state.
According to the police, 16 people died in the attacks; nine, including the suicide bomber, died at Christ the King Catholic Church, three died at ECWA Church, and four at Shalom church.
Culled:Dailytrustnigeria
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