By Dada Ahmed.
The Police Command in Kwara state say the burning of tyres and blocking of Okeonigbin/Ijara road junction, by some youths, was in protest against the macheting to death of one Isah Bayo, an Okada rider, by unknown men at Owode area of Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State.
SP Ajayi Okasanmi,the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO for the Police Command in the state, stated this in a statement available to The Reporters on Tuesday, adding that the command came in to arrest the situation.
“At the receipt of the information, the commissioner of police, Cp Tuesday Assayomo, immediately dispatched teams of Policemen to the scene for possible arrest of the culprit/culprits for prosecution, however, investigation into the matter is ongoing,”Okasanmi said.
According to the police image maker for the command, the intervention of the chairman of local government and the police calmed the situation leading to full restoration of peace to the area, adding that the people of the area had since been going about their normal businesses, without any fear of attack.
“The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, CP Tuesday Assayomo, while commensurating with the family of the deceased assured the good people of Kwara State of the Command’s readiness to do everything within the law to keep the people of the State safe and secured,”he the PPRO said.