Objective & Accurate

By: Tope Abiola

The Police and Personalities Forum (PAPEF), Esa-Oke Division assures the Nigeria Police Force Osun State Command, of their supports and offering of timely security information that will assist the police in their efforts to make Esa- Oke jurisdiction, a crime free environment.

The Owamiran of Esa-Oke stated this while speaking during a stakeholders Town Hall meeting between the security stakeholders in Obokun Local Government and the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olawale T. Olokode, psc.
He assured that the stakeholders would be committed to the assistance of the police in security information management .
According to monarch, “we shall always be vigilant and security conscious in our environments and feed the police with information about any suspicious activities of any unscrupulous people with questionable character and their activities around us.”

While reacting, the State Police Commissioner charged the PAPEF members to join hands with other security agencies and local security bodies like Amotekun, Local Hunters, Vigilante and other local vigilant groups and conventional security agencies to wage war against the dreadful activities of the men of the underworld.

He charged them to be honest, vigilant and conscious in the discharge of their duties, stressing that the Police is ready to assist them to make Obokun Local Government, and all other communities in the entire Osun State a haven, that is crime free for all and sundry.

While speaking with members of PAPEF in his Division on the significance of the meeting, the Divisional Police Officer in Esa-Oke averred that the meeting was in line with the Inspector-General of Police’s agenda on community policing.

He stated that the aims were to appreciate the stakeholders for their support and collaboration with the police in ensuring peaceful environment.

” It was also, to further strategize and assess security improvement in the area, so that the community will witness absolute peaceful co-existence among the inhabitants of the area.

“The meeting also availed the Police Commissioner of having feedback from members of the public concerning the police actions in the course of execution of their constitutional duties and make necessary corrections and adjustment where needs be. This in turn will drastically reduce the act of unnecessary protest against the lawful actions of police, the Esa-Oke DPO stated

The Commissioner of Police, while speaking at the forum also used the medium to sensitize the people to be more security conscious in order to forestall unforseen attacks in the community noting that security job is everyone’s business.

Those who attended the Town Hall meeting included, the Area Commander ACP Dauda Madu, the Divisional Police Officers in the area, Local Hunters, Amotekun Oficers, and other Vigilant Groups and security and Para-Security Groups and the Council Chairmen in the area.