Security Beef Up in Abuja

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/74220766_abuja.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Security beefed up in Abuja"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="_74220766_abuja" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/74220766_abuja-624x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.8; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Security beefed up in Abuja" width="624" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Security beefed up in Abuja</span></span></h1> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></header><div class="post-meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BY <span class="reviewer" itemprop="author" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?author=2" rel="author" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by BEN OKEZIE, Abuja">BEN OKEZIE, ABUJA</a></span> ON <span class="dtreviewed" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><time class="value-datetime" datetime="2014-07-30T00:55:39+00:00" itemprop="datePublished" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">JULY 30, 2014</time> </span>·</span><span class="cats" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?cat=48" rel="category" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts in COVER"><span style="color: black;">COVER</span></a></span></div> <div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abuja, the federal capital city is wearing a new security look, with the visible presence of gun-trotting soldiers checking motorists driving into the city centre.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The military presence, became very visible on Monday as three lane roads were collapsed into one lane for adequate searching.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The express roads leading into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) through the airport road,  from Kogi State, Nyanya Road from Nasarawa State, Kubwa Road from Niger State and Kaduna Road from Kaduna State, were all collapsed into single lanes.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, military presence was noticed at Apo area of the city and many other areas with armed policemen manning strategic areas and junctions.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, military and police presence were noticed at parks, gardens, markets, shopping areas and government institutions.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The combined security activities in the capital city was widely applauded by residents and motorists who claimed that the soldiers accorded  them respect during the search.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Inspector  General of police, Muhammed Abukakar had before the Sallah celebration, directed an effective and extensive deployment of officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force and other special operatives and  necessary logistics at every nook and cranny of  the country. He urged members of the public to give information to the police.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Security Beef Up in Abuja

Security beefed up in Abuja   BY  BEN OKEZIE, ABUJA  ON JULY 30, 2014   · COVER Abuja, the federal capital city is wearing a new ...

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