Police reassure Plateau residents of sustained security vigilance
Hundreds of people, members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), mainly Shiites, took to the streets in Kano, condemning the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran, which killed the Arabian nation’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, security officers, and several civilians.
 
This is coming barely 48 hours after Nigerian and security personnel were killed by armed bandits in Niger and Borno states amid silence from northern leaders.
 
According to viral videos, protesters took to the streets of northern states on Sunday in Niger, Gombe, Sokoto, Kaduna, and Kano.
 
Shiites in Nigeria, led by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, had a protest on Sunday shortly after it was reported that Khamenei had been killed in an airstrike carried out on Iran by the United States and Israel military.
 
In some viral videos, members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) were seen on Sunday, chanting freedom to Iran, de@th to America, death to Trump, death to Israel.
 
Also, the protesters were chanting solidarity slogans and waving Iranian flags and placards bearing the inscription, “We Stand With Iran.”
 
In Kano, the movement reportedly organised a five-kilometre march on Sunday, linking a mosque in the Fagge business district to the group’s headquarters in the Goron Dutse district.

They condemned the United States and Israel for the “unjustified” attacks that killed Ali Khamenei, his close associates, and members of his family, chanting, “Death to America and Israel!” with some waving Palestinian flags.
 
“We are organising this procession in honour of the martyrdom of Ayatollah Khamenei and to denounce the unjustified and barbaric American-Israeli aggression against Iran and its martyred leader,” said Umar Yakubu, who led the demonstration, at the end of the march.

“These attacks demonstrate the duplicity and unreliability of the United States and Israel, who launched them in the middle of negotiations,” he added.
 
Yakubu urged his supporters not to resort to violence, and to always follow the instructions of their leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky, who lives in Abuja.

In a related development, the Commissioner of Police in Plateau State, Bassey Ewah, has reassured of the command’s unwavering commitment to the protection of lives and property, and the continued sustenance of peace within the state.

The reassurance followed the evolving geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and their potential global implications.

Ewah said while Plateau remains stable and its internal security situation firmly under control, the command has reinforced proactive, intelligence-led policing measures across the state working in conjunction with sister security agencies.

The CP has, therefore, ordered heightened surveillance and intelligence gathering, strengthened collaboration with traditional, religious and opinion leaders across the state, as well as enhanced visible policing and patrols around worship centres and public spaces.

A statement yesterday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Alfred Alabo, quoted the CP as saying the measures were designed to ensure swift responses to any attempt by individuals or groups to exploit the global developments to incite unrest or sectarian tension in the state.

Ewah called on community leaders statewide to continue to promote peace, urging citizens to remain calm, vigilant, and law-abiding, reporting any suspicious activity to the nearest police formation.