‘Avoid shopping malls, parks, beaches’ - The Guardian Newspapers

Tuesday, 01 October 2013 00:00 From Karls Tsokar, Abuja News - National

 

FG orders low key celebration

THE Federal Government said the celebration will be low keyed, as the Police High Command warned that Nigerians should avoid shopping malls, parks and such enclosed places.
  The Special Assistant to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sam Nwaobasi, told The Guardian yesterday in Abuja that “because of many issues, including insecurity, the celebration this year like in the last two years would be low keyed.”
  He acknowledged that attaining 53 years as an independent country is not child’s play but a lot of issues are put under consideration in celebrating ‘a birthday, including the socio-economic and political realities in the country as it stands.”  
  Relatedly, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, warned that Nigerians should avoid public places during this period as there are suspicions that there might be terror attack.
  While calling on his men to ensure adequate security to Nigerians during the period of the independent celebration, Abubakar called on the various Commandants of formations “to pay special attention to Shopping Malls, Public Parks and Beaches, Highways and other critical infrastructures and sensitive areas in order to guarantee the safety and well being of the citizenry.”