By Dada Ahmed.
CP.Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi.
The Police Command in Kwara State has established ‘Harmony Security Week’ to to put crime and criminality at bay in the state.
This is part of the new security plans by the command which is implemented across the length and breadth of the State to ensure “a safe and secure state for the good people of Kwara.”
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP.Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, disclosed this in a statement signed by SP.Okasamin Ajayi in Ilorin and a copy available to The Reporters on Tuesday.
The CP made the disclosure when she held meeting with Service Commanders, comprising of heads of all security agencies in the state where the security situation of the state was discussed and existing strategies dissected.
CP Adelesi explained,”This operation will include aggressive stop and search, motorized, and foot patrols on a 24-hour basis.”
The police boss,who put the good people of the State on notice of the special security operation, advised them not to panic or be apprehensive when confronted with the police men on the assignment.
She further that rather, they should comport themselves and submit for body and vehicular searches whenever asked to do so, stressing that the exercise was meant to put crime and criminality at bay.
According to her,the officers deployed for the assignment have been trained and warned to respect the rights of the citizens in the process of carrying out their duties.
The CP,however, warned potential lawbreakers,in whatever guise and nomenclature, to steer clear of the State, admonishing that anyone found in any manner constituting himself or herself a security threat would be arrested and prosecuted.”
The CP told the meeting that “Vigilante, local hunters, community policing members, and the leadership of the traditional worshippers in Kwara, along with some of their leaders from adjoining states had been dialogued with.
According to her,they were made to understand that,the intelligence available to the Police Command does not favor the kind of celebrations being planned by one of the religious sects in the state.
“They have been advised to relocate their celebrations to another state, pending a favorable security situation in kwara state”, she added.
