The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has placed police commands and formations nationwide on red alert.
This follows intelligence report that some “domestic interests” are planning to embark on massive public disturbances and sabotage to protest the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike by the United States.
Soleimani, who headed Iran’s elite Quds Force was killed in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday.
Consequently, the IG has directed Zonal AIGs and Command Commissioners of Police to ensure maximum surveillance and security of lives and property across the nation.