Egbetokun-led Kwara Police Command bans fireworks at Yuletide, deploys 3,000 operatives for peace across state
*As Nigerian Lawyer says Kwara Police highly exemplary
By Kemi Kasumu
The Kwara State Police Command, fecilitating with the gqood people of the state on the celebration of Christmas, has announced a ban on the use of fireworks during the festive period.
This announcement was made known in a statement on Sunday by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Okasanmi Ajayi, copy of which was sighted by The DEFENDER.
DSP Ajayi said, “The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, CP Kayode Egbetokun wishes to assure the good people of Kwara State that adequate security measure has been emplaced to guarantee a hitch free Christmas and new year celebrations.
“In a bid to making the celebrations crime free, the Command has deployed a total number of three thousand (3000) policemen and women, drawn from the Conventional, PMF, Anti-Cultism, Anti- Kidnapping, Counter Terrorism and the Intelligence units of the Command to forestall any breakdown of law and order before, during and after the yuletide period.
“Consequently, the Command is by this Release calling on members of the public to go about their lawful endeavours without any fear of molestation.
“The Command wishes to warn against the use of low explosive without the neccessary permit during the yuletide. Any person found disobeying this order if arrested will be prosecuted.
“The Command also wishes to use this medium to advise NYSC Members across the state to always shun the temptation to embark on unnecessary and unauthorized journeys especially during this period. Any Corp member who must travel outside the state should always obtain the neccessary clearance from the NYSC authority before undertaking such journey but should be mindful of the risks associated with traveling outside the state including the risk of kidnap.
“The Command is collaborating with the NYSC authority in the state to ensure maximum safety of Corp members posted to the state.
“The Commissioner of Police wishes all citizens, residents and visitors in Kwara state a happy Christmas celebration and a prosperous New Year ahead, please”, the statement said.
The DEFENDER reports that Kayode Egbetokun is one of Nigeria’s Commissioners of Police with excellent ranking in professionalism, patriotism and effective community policing.
As an essential, pragmatic, gallant officer, blessed with equally effective and efficient officers from his Deputy Commissioners (DCs) down to the last of the ranks, CP Egbetokun, we gathered, has taken Kwara State Police Command to the level that a lawyer and member of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has no option than to confess: “Kwara State Police officers and men are not Nigerian Police because they are so highly effective, patriotic and neutral in my experience of Nigerian Police.”
