Oyo Police Command Parades 42 Suspected Criminals
......Vows to Rid Oyo of Criminal Elements
42 suspected criminals, arrested for various offences have been paraded by the Oyo state Command of the Nigeria Police.
The offences include armed robbery, murder, cultism, stealing and fraud.
Parading the suspects at the Police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, the Commissioner of Police, CP Adebowale Williams said the command would leave no stone unturned in ridding the state of criminal elements.
CP Williams said the suspected criminals would be charged to court after proper investigations.
CP Williams said the command had a responsibility to maintain law and order in collaboration with all other security agencies in the State.
The Police Commissioner also promised residents of Oyo state that there would be a drastic reduction in human violation.
“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.
“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″.
