Inspector-General of Police, who briefed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the violence in Abuja, said the strategy is to ensure the deployment of policemen throughout the country.
He told reporters that the security agencies were in touch with the state government, adding that they were also trying to mobilize the political leadership to be able to intervene where necessary in how to reduce the tension that is already taking place in the South East.
Some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday allegedly clashed with the Hausa (Muslim) community in parts of southern Abia and Rivers States.
The Oyibo section of the Aba-Port Harcourt expressway was shut down with human and vehicular movement restricted.
Col. Aminu Illiyasu cheap air max 2019 womens , the Spokesman for 6 Division of Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, who confirmed the clash to Xinhua, said troops were deployed to restore law and order in the area.
Iliyasu said deployment of troops to the area was unconnected to Operation Python Dance, currently on-going in five states of the Southeast zone.
In southeast city of Abia, a three-day dusk to dawn curfew was imposed in the state's commercial nerve center beginning 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. cheap air max 2019 shoes , following security concerns.
Okezie Ikpeazu, the state governor, has extended the three-day dusk to dawn curfew he imposed on Abia to Friday, Sept. 15.
Ikpeazu, who made this known in a statement in Umuahia on Wednesday, advised residents and visitors to cooperate with security agents in order to ensure the maintenance of law and order within the commercial city and its environs.
Ikpeazu expressed displeasure that people were being compelled to raise their hands while passing through security checkpoints.
Meanwhile cheap air max 2019 wholesale , the Nigerian Army has said the military exercise in the South-East, code-named "Operation Python Dance 2" was not targeted at the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Col. Sagir Musa, the Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division cheap air max 2019 , refuted speculations that the military was laying siege on Kanu, saying that the exercise is not targeted at the leader of IPOB or anybody or group.
He said the main objective was to stem the tide of kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism and violent agitations in the areas involved.
According to him, the essence of the exercise is to ensure peace, security cheap nike air vapormax 2019 , unity and development of Nigeria.
The army spokesman said the exercise, slated to fully take off on Sept. 15 and end on Oct. 14, would be conducted simultaneously in the affected states.
He said during the period, heavy presence of military troops would be felt in major cities and towns of the states involved.
According to him, the exercise would be characterized mainly by show of force, patrols and other military activities.