OGUN POLICE ASSURED RESIDENTS OF ADEQUATE SECURITY DURING AND AFTER EDIL KABIR CELEBRATION

POLICE PRESS RELEASE, OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND.

1. In view of the forthcoming Sallah celebration, the Ogun State Police Command wish to assure residents of the state that the Command has put in place a robust security arrangement in order to ensure hitch free Sallah celebration.
2. In view of this, large scale and elaborate tactical as well as covert Policemen have been strategically deployed by the Commissioner of Police Cp Bashir Makama across the length and breadth of the State with a clear mandate of ensuring crime free Sallah celebration. Men of Special units such as SARS, PMF, Tactical Response and Intelligence units; Anti Kidnapping and Cultism sections have also been deployed to nip in the bud any violent crime that may want to rear its ugly head. 24hrs surveillance patrols have also been ordered around the various praying ground as well as event/recreation centers across the State. All our highway such as Lagos-Ibadan express road, Benin-Sagamu-Ore, Lagos-Abeokuta express road and other highways are been properly patrol to ensure that travelers plying the roads are well secured.
3. The Commissioner of Police Cp Bashir Makamawhile felicitating with Muslims faithful and the good people of Ogun state enjoined them to reflect on the reasons for the Sallah celebration and be good ambassadors of Islam by ensuring peace at all times.
4. He also appealed to members of the Public to alert the Police and other security agencies whenever/wherever they noticed any strange/suspicious faces, gathering or movement in their domain in order to assist the security agencies to perform their duties to the optimal level, as security is everybody’s business.

DSP ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI,
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FOR: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,
OGUN STATE COMMAND.