The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed a fake intelligence report circulating on various social media platforms to the effect that some forest reserves in parts of the state are surrounded and ready to be used as launch pads to launch Kwara State and some neighboring states in the state. to attack. country.
According to a statement by the spokesman for the state police command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, the command “categorically stated that Kwara state is safe and that no part of Kwara state is occupied by bandits or terrorists”.
“The author and sharer of that false intelligence report is mischievous, eager to sow a seed of mistrust and fear in the minds of the good people of Kwara State in particular and Nigeria in general; an attempt to create panic in the minds of peace-loving Kwarans. They have failed!
The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, CP Tuesday Assayomo psc(+) has reaffirmed that the police and other security forces in Kwara State are once again committed to protecting and defending the life and property of citizens and residents of Kwara State.
The CP further assures the people of their safety at all times, adding that aggressive and extensive patrols have been deployed across the state, while vigilantes and hunters have been co-opted to patrol the forests and bushes.
Therefore, the good people of the state are advised to inform the police whenever anything negative or sinister developments are suspected in their environment.
The CP also orders citizens and residents of the state to conduct their legal business without fear of attack or intimidation.
Again, the command would not give in to regular patrols, intelligence gathering and black spot raids in conjunction with sister security forces in the state.