The new commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Adebowale Williams has promised citizens a drastic reduction in violations and robust policing in a peaceful environment.
Mr Williams stated this while parading forty-two suspected criminals at the Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
The suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from armed robbery, murder, cultism to stealing and fraud.
While parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police said the command has a responsibility to maintain law and order and enforce all laws without prejudice to the enabling acts of all other security agencies in the State.
He said as part of modalities emplaced to achieve this safety-assured vision, the command commenced the use of intelligence-led and robust community-oriented partnership where policing would be a participatory and collective responsibility of all.
He added that as part of the instruments of community policing, this administration is open to work with all key stakeholders including but not limited to, credible informants, and repentant criminals that could provide useful information to the Police.
“This will consequently be translated into veritable and actionable tools utilizable for clamping down on criminal elements and building credible and viable intelligence networks”
“We are not oblivious of the fact that we are still faced with some security challenges in the state, some of which are: robbery by men on motorcycles, kidnapping, mob action, cult clashes, snatching of vehicles/remove from park et cetera”.
“I want to use this medium to sound a serious note of warning to criminal elements and perpetrators of these evil vices to desist from their unwholesome and nefarious activities as their criminal enterprise would not be allowed to flourish anywhere in the State”
“We shall not hesitate to identify, isolate and bring to deserved justice any person or group that attempts to threaten our sacred democratic order and peace.”
“It is our belief that these criminal elements that are daily scheming to make life intolerable for the law abiding citizens of the State are neither ghosts nor spirits but human beings living among us. Suffice to say, as occasioned in our soon to be showcased success stories, we are resolute that with the reinvigorated security strategies emplaced, which include: Robust Community Policing Strategy, Smart Inter-Agency Collaboration, Visibility Policing, Mass Patrolling Strategy, Technology-Driven Policing Strategy, we have begun to address each of the challenges.
He stated further that it was therefore the duty of everyone, including parents, community leaders, traditional/ religious leaders, opinion leaders, royal fathers and other relevant stakeholders to act well their parts, no matter how negligible as it may seem in the enforcement of laws and prevention of crimes to enjoy peace.
“As proof that our clampdown on these hoodlums and criminal elements has begun to pay off, having fully launched the force intelligence and operational assets available at our disposal we are pleased to render our stewardship by parading some of the perpetrators of the several incidences of crime that”
“I would want to use this medium to acknowledge and appreciate the cooperation we are receiving from all sister security agencies, State and non-State actors and members of the public without which the recent breakthroughs would have been difficult”.
“We are not unmindful that there might be some misguided elements out there whose focus is on maligning Police image”.
” it is worthy of note that in case of emergency, the Command can always be reached through these emergency control room numbers: 615 (Toll free) (OYO STATE SECURITY TRUST FUND), and Oyo State Police Command emergency lines 07055495413 and 08081768614″.
The Police Commissioner, Mr Williams assured the residents that the suspected criminals would be charged to court after proper investigations.
Rasheedah Makinde
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