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.

Mohammed Abdulahi     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Oke-Ogun     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     SDP     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Kale Belgore     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Abubakar Imam     Olaosebikan     FOMWAN     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Suleiman Abubakar     Ilorin Curfew     Baakini     Okiki     Olupako     Bankole Omishore     Vasolar     Share-Tsaragi     Mohammed Danjuma     Aminu Ado Bayero     Oke-Kura     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     20 Billion Bond     Ramadan     Minimum Wage     Razaq Atunwa     Moses Salami     Post-utme     Iyiola Oyedepo     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Kanu Agabi     Afeyin-Olukuta     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Idowu Laro     General Hospital, Ilorin     Sadiq Umar     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Farouk Salim     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Gobir     Shettima     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Olatomiwa Williams     Kawu     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     TESCOM 2025     Women Radio     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Ojuekun Sarumi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Oko     Ita-Nmo Market     IYA ALFA NLA     Medview Airlines     Joseph Bamigboye     IF-K     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Student Learning Support Helpline     Chikanda     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Doyin Awoyale     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Oke-Oyi     Labour Party     Aro Yahaya     Olaitan Adefila     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     James Ayeni    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Shaaba Lafiagi     Kuliyan Geri     Curfew     National Information Technology Development Agency     CELF     Yakubu Danladi     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     NSCIA     Prince Bola Ajibola     Jide Oyinloye     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Women Radio     TIIDELab     Henry Olaosebikan     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Adedeji Onimago     Bolakale Ayo     Ojo Fadumila     Razak Atunwa     Mansur Alfanla     Bashiru Makama     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Post Utme     Saliu Ajia     Ayo Salami     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Saidu Kawu     Bio Ibrahim     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Kwarareports.com     Durbar Festival     Ahmed Bayero     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Nupe     Bashir Adigun     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Pakata     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Isapa     Alao Ayotunde     Ibrahim Orire     NURTW     Salihu Yahaya     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Senate President     Jaiz Bank     Ilorin Like-Minds     Aliyu Muhammed     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Sunday Popo-Ola     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Women For Change And Development Initiative     SWAN     Monkey Pox     Alabere     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     New Model Police Station     Aliyu Alhassan     Yakub Ali-Agan     High Court     Lucky Omoluwa     Earlyon Technologies     Ahman Pategi     Ilorin Curfew     Lanre Issa Onilu     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Old Oyo     CLAY POT     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata