Security agencies have assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the heavy deployment of security personnel and barricades across parts of Abuja is a routine security measure aimed at maintaining law and order, dismissing fears of any imminent security threat.
The assurance came on Thursday during a joint media briefing by security and intelligence agencies, following growing public concern over the increased security presence that has disrupted traffic and slowed movement across the city’s central business district.
In recent days, strategic roads within Abuja’s city centre have witnessed heightened security checks and barricades, resulting in long queues of vehicles and delays for thousands of commuters, including civil servants, business owners and other workers travelling to and from offices.
Addressing journalists, Anietie Iniedu, Force Public Relations Officer, explained that the operation was a coordinated effort involving multiple security agencies and should not be interpreted as a response to any specific security emergency.
“It is a joint operation. There is no cause for alarm at the moment,” Iniedu said.
