In Osun State, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, said the government would scale up its strategies to prevent violent crimes across its territory.
She said, “The Osun State Government has a responsibility to the people. The governor has a mandate and we will deliver on it until the last day of this administration. We will continue to do what needs to be done. We will request help when we need to; we will scale up our interventions at all levels to continue keeping our people safe.”
The spokesperson for the state police command, Yemisi Opalola, said in an interview with Saturday PUNCH that the Commissioner of Police, Sunday Faleye, had posted more men to border communities to ensure adequate protection, especially on highways during the Yuletide.
She noted that the command was collaborating with neighbouring commands to prevent crime.
Opalola added that the command would continue to sensitise the people to the need to be more careful.
Also, the Field Commander of the Amotekun Corps in the state, Amitolu Shittu, said he could not give details of the state’s security strategies but noted that certain routes and the Osogbo/Iwo/Oyo boundary, Osun/Kwara boundary as well as Osun/Kwara/Ekiti boundary in Oke-Ila were receiving special attention.
Shittu, who declared the state as unsafe for criminals, said all identified volatile spots would continue to be manned by Amotekun officers and men to prevent violent crimes.
He said, “Two teams are working along the Osogbo/Iwo road. If you go there, you will find them there. On the Osogbo/Gbongan/Ibadan road, we have two teams there too. I personally monitor them.
“Along the Osogbo/Ikirun/Kwara boundary, we have two teams there. Also, around the Oke Ila/Kwara boundary, we also have our men there. Besides the Osun/Ondo joint patrol, we have an understanding with Amotekun in Oyo command, who are helping us to keep an eye on Papa near Iwo. We are monitoring from Iwo to Papa also.
“Amotekun men from Oyo are the ones monitoring from Ibadan to the Papa area. We are trying not to talk about our strategies in detail. These are the little things we want our people to know for them to have the confidence to travel.”
Source: Punch