Ouagadougou: The government reaffirmed Friday that an important security system, composed of elements of the internal force and national defense, will be deployed to ensure the peace of the populations in the city of Ouagadougou and other localities in the country during the end-of-year holidays.According to the Minister Delegate in charge of Security, Mahamadou Sana, elements of the gendarmerie, the national police and Water and Forests will be mobilized, among others, to ensure security during the end-of-year celebrations.Sana specified that this important device, made up of the internal and defense force, aims to secure people and their property.The Minister Delegate in charge of Security, who was in Ouagadougou on Friday in front of journalists, called for scrupulously observing the instructions issued by the authorities.These include, among other things, caution on the road, strict compliance with no-traffic zones, limiting the speed of two- or four-wheeled vehicles and showing courtesy to securi ty agents. .Mahamadou Nana urged the population to denounce any suspicious individual or any person in possession of a suspicious object during these moments of festivities.In the event of a terrorist attack, he called on citizens to escape and move away from the scene to take shelter while waiting for the arrival of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS).According to him, the coordination center has been activated since December 15, 2023, as part of securing the end-of-year holidays.Document control operations, patrols in so-called criminogenic zones and searches of objects will be carried out in the city of Ouagadougou by the police.The Minister Delegate for Security also indicated that agents Source: Burkina Information Agency
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