New Oyo Police Commissioner Assumes Duty
The new commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Ayodele Sonubi has promised continuous robust policing and peaceful environment in the State.
The Commissioner, who has just been deployed to the Oyo State command, made the promise at a news briefing at the Police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan.
Mr Sonubi was until his elevation as Commissioner of Police, in Charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Iyaganku, Oyo State Police Command as the Deputy Commissioner of Police and succeeded the former CP, Mr Adebola Hamzat.
Mr Shonubi noted that he recognized the immense contributions and professional policing principles adopted by his predecessor who has be redeployed to the Counter Terrorism Unit, FHQ, Abuja, which had led to a solid structural framework for policing the State.
The new Commissioner said the Command under his watch would continue to uphold its statutory responsibilities of protecting lives and property without prejudice to background, orientation, philosophy, religion or association.
He called for continued support and promised that the Command under his watch would not tolerate the existence of any criminal enterprise and would not also hesitate to identify, isolate and bring to deserved justice any person or group that may attempt to threaten the existing relative tranquility in our dear state.
“Worthy of note is that, as part of the modalities emplaced at further securing the space, the Oyo State Police Command has further rejigged its Security Architecture to accommodate more actionable tools to clampdown on criminal elements through the adoption of a 5-step Action plan tagged “RACAI”; Robust Inter-Agency Collaborations with our Sister services.
Amplified Community Policing engagements. Capacity-building for Police Officers through training and retraining.”
“Advanced Intelligence & Technology-Driven Policing & Increasing layers of Supervision for our Officers & Men. Increased visibility Policing.
“Improved Response time to distress management. To our immediate family, the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC)” “In addition, I assure the revered members of the fourth estate of the realm a cordial Police-Media Relationship acknowledging them as worthy partners in the business of perception and image management.
“On a note of Finality, the Oyo State Police Command under my watch shall operate a firm and robust security architecture with the assurances of making the state unhabitable for all criminal and undesirable elements.
” On behalf of the Oyo State Police Command look forward to formidable partnerships and strong collaborations with residents and all citizens in Oyo State.
“If you see something, say something and the Police will immediately do something”. “In cases of emergency, the Command can always be reached through these numbers: OYO STATE CALL RESPONSE CENTER TOLL FREE LINE: 615 OYO STATE POLICE COMMAND CONTROL ROOM LINE(S);08081768614, 09054133071 & 09061299291”