Kwara Police Command Gives Marching Order To Hoodlums

by Steve Oni, Ilorin

The Kwara State Police Command has assured law abiding citizenry that the Command would not rest on its oars until all bad elements and political thugs in the state are cleared from the streets before the 2019 general elections in Nigeria so as to ensure a peaceful exercise.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Fafowora Bolaji, gave this assurance in Ilorin , the state capital, while answering questions on a Radio Kwara personality interview programme: “Playing Host.”
According to him, his officers and men would sweep the entire streets of Ilorin and its environs of political thugs and cultists who are already warming up to be used or recruited by some politicians before , during and after the elections.
He reiterated that the art of policing has nothing to do with politics but rather to protect the lives and property of law abiding citizens and enforce the law, explaining that community g to the state has no political colouration .
Mr Fafowora, who warned and cautioned politicians against violating the electoral laws, said he would soon hold a meeting with all the registered political parties and their leaders on how to play the game of politics in line with the laid down rules and regulations and that parents should be wary on the type of group their children or wards relate with.
The Commissioner of Police, though described the state as a relatively peaceful state compared with some other states in the federation, said the Command would not take it for granted and go to sleep, stressing that it is always at the time of peace, that security operatives prepare for eventualities and the untowards.
Mr Fafowora attributed rise in crimes among the youths to background issues such as bad homes and peer groups’ influence as most parents do not care about their children, as well as drug influence.
He therefore called on the authorities concerned to ensure that laws to checkmate the excesses of the bad elements are fully enforced to serve as deterrent to others who are likely to be lured into such criminalities.
Answering another question, Mr Fafowora described community policing as world best practice and a welcome development in the country in crime prevention and effective policing as the police alone cannot fight crime without the support of the community and the people who know where the criminals are.
According to him, drug infiltration into Kwara state from neighbouring states and other boarder communities could be curbed by putting in place an effective policing, adding that he had already held meetings with other security operatives to ensure that land boarders were well policed.
The police boss warned his officers and men to ensure that they abide strictly by the force orders and the Force Administrative Instructions in the discharge of their duties and that any one found wanting would be severely dealt with in accordance with the laws of the land.


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