Aswa West police assures public of peaceful Easter celebrations,

2 April 2026, 9:04 am

By Agness Agilo

The Aswa West Police Regional Headquarters together with the Territorial and divisional command has assured members of the public that they shall fully exercise their mandatory roles of protecting life and property during the Easter season.

In a press statement issued on 1^st April, 2026 , ASP Ongom David Mudong, the Police Public Relations Officer-PRO for Aswa West noted that Easter season is characterized by a lot of Merry making, excitements, large congregational church gatherings and overnight prayers, movements from towns to villages and vice versa, staging music performances and many other associated activities. He however expressed that there will be wrong elements who want to use the festive season to engage in criminality like terrorism, defilement, rape, house breaking and theft, alcohol and drug abuse among others.

Mudong therefore urged the public to remain vigilant as the Police will ensure law and order is preserved to ensure a peaceful Easter celebrations.

Mudongo also tasked hotel and leisure points owners to ensure they put in place tougher security measures at the entrance and venues through check-ups and profiling those who would wish to go for accommodation in hotels and guest houses. He further added that the police will do regular monitoring of such places and those found to be of security threats, shall be not allowed to operate.

To the students who would wish to come back home for Easter holidays, police is cautioning them to desist from taking free lifts from strangers but rather use recognized public means, avoid non-relatives who would wish to offer them free accommodation in their homes, such suspicious people should immediately be reported to police for interventions.

The police is reassuring the general public that, they shall be ready to work closely with the local community and treat any complaints at their discretion with all the utmost attention they deserve.

He wished all a happy and peaceful Easter celebrations.