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.

Suleiman Alege Kuranga     NIPR     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Shao     Lanre Badmas     Adanla-Irese     Ojuekun     Saba Mamman Daniel     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Raji AbdulRasaq     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Dele Belgore     Kawu     Post Utme     Abubakar Aliagan     VADA     Adedeji Onimago     Metro Park     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Bola Tinubu     Taofik Abdulkareem     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Abatemi-Usman     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Gambari     Lawal Olohungbebe     Rafiu Ajakaye     Saka Abimbola Isau     Okedare     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Y.A. Abdulkareem     FOMWAN     Galland Marcias     Eghe Igbinehi     Biliaminu Aliu     NULGE     ER-KANG     Hassanat Bello     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Bello Bature     Ilorin Central Mosque     Adebara     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Oro Grammar School     Ajeigbe     CCB     Shagari     Idi-Ape     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     National Pilot     Aminu Ado Bayero     Toyosi Thomas     A.E. Afolabi     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Laolu Saraki     Jalala     Sarah Jubril     Saka Balikis Kehinde     V.O. Abioye     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Doyin Awoyale     Local Government     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Femi Oladiji     Busari Alabi Alausa     James Kolo     UTME     Olusola Saraki     T And K FOODS     Kazeem Gbolagade     Arinola Lawal     Taofeek Ibraheem     Kwara State University Of Education     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Ajike People Support Centre    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Saka Balikis Kehinde     Owu Fall     Post Utme     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Assayomo     Salary     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Clara Nwachukwu     Maryam A. Garuba     Ramadhan     Ramat Oganija     Folorunsho Erubu     Oniwa     Balikis Jawondo     Minimum Wage     Sun Qing Rong     John Kehinde Salako     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Omotoso     Iyaloja-General     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Allocation     National Pilot     Shuaib Olarongbe     Michael Ologundea     Anilelerin     Solomon Edojah     Rebecca Bake     Amuda Bembe     Mubarak Oladosu     Ayinde Oyepitan     Tayo Alao     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ilorin East     Isau     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Amada Jidda     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Omu Aran     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Bayo Lawal     Nigerian Army     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Adanla-Irese     Kayode Alabi     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Unilorin FM     Segun Adeniyi     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Taiwo Joseph     Abubakar B.M     Amusa Bello     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Saliu Mustapha     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Onilu     Turaki     Mohammed Halidu     George Funsho Adebayo     Kwara 2015     Hamid Bobboyi     Christopher Ayeni     Mohammed Saidu     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Universal Basic Education Commission     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Doyin Awoyale