Kwara: Police suspends vigilante activities till after bye-election

Date: 2018-11-15

Kwara State Police Command has assured the people of the state of its readiness to provide adequate security of lives and property of the populace, particularly people of the Irepodun/Oke Ero/Isin/Ekiti federal constituency before, during and after Saturday's bye-election.

The command also suspended the activities of vigilante groups that have been assisting in the area of intelligence gathering and security till after the election.

In a statement signed on Wednesday by the state's command PPRO, DSP Okesanmi Ajayi, it said the command has finalised all necessary plans to make the election hitch-free and solicited the cooperation of all stakeholders.

"Thuggery, hooliganism, vote buying, destruction/defacing of bill boards and banners will not be tolerated.

"The command is aware of the support and cooperation of members of Vigilante Groups of Nigeria in Kwara, in the area of intelligence gathering and other security assistance, but for the purpose of the forthcoming by-election in the above local government areas, their activities in the affected areas are hereby suspended until the conclusion of the elections.

"Intelligence report available to the Command indicated that VGN uniform will be worn by miscreants to cause security breach during the elections. Any body found adorning that uniform between Friday to Monday will be arrested and prosecuted accordingly," the statement read

The Command therefore assured the people of Kwara state of its capacity to provide security for their lives and property as enshrined in Nigeria's constitution, adding that information about strange movements in their environment should be reported to police.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saadu Alanamu     Tafida Of Kaiama     Ita-Nmo Market     Convocation Ceremonies     Unilorin FM     Yunus Oniboki     Ashiru     Sardauna     Wasiu Odewale     IsDB     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Sulyman Buhari     Otoge     Tsaragi     Computer Based Test     Olatunde Jare     Abdulraheem Olesin     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Yakub Ali-Agan     Ahmed \'Lateef     Nigerian Army     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Simeon Ajibola     Olawuyi     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Roheemat Hammed     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Folorunsho Erubu     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     2017 Budget     Oyawoye     Ilota     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Kayode Oyin Zubair     PPS     Nigerian Medical Association     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     March 28     Olaiya Lawal     Suleiman Abubakar     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Kisra     Maigida Soludero Transit     Dogara     Mohammed Haruna     Pakata Patriots     Jimba Babatunde     Haleeman Salman     Ahmad Ali     Segun Ogunsola     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Oyin-Zubair     Adijat Adebiyi     Ajeigbe     Asa     Oya State     Senate President     Olatunde Olukoya     Sidikat Alaya     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Dan-Kazeem     Niyi Ogundiran     Isiaka Gold     Wole Oke     Omoniyi Ayinla     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Oniyangi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     David Adesina     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Code Of Conduct    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saka Abimbola Isau     Olatunji Moronfoye     GGDSS Pakata     Dairo Kunle Paul     Government House     Mogaji Aare     Maigida     Ilorin South Constituency     Kwara Politics     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Omu Aran     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Adanla-Irese     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Col. Taiwo     Ope Saraki     Kaosarah Adeyi     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     LABTOP     Akeem Lawal     Salihu Ajia     Abioye Bello     Young Progressives Party     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Sabo-Oke     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Yemi Osinbajo     Kumbi Titiloye     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Saidu Isa     Senate Presidency     Lateef Alagbonsi     Logun     Computer Based Test     Agor Market     Femi Oladiji     Raheem Adaramaja     Hajj     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Frootify     Makama     Olupako Of Share     Adedeji Onimago     Otuka     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Quarry Royal Valley     Oladimeji Thompson     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Garba Ado Sanni     Quranic Recitation Competition     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Olabode Towoju     Gwanara     Suleiman Ajadi     Kanu Agabi     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     JAMB     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Ayodele Shittu     Amada Jidda     Kwarareports     Ramadan     Abdulfatai Baakini     Salman Jawondo     Makama Of Kaiama     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Simon Sayomi     ER-KANG Mining     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     08001000100     Malete     3MTT     Kwara State Polytechnic