NEWS

By Kazeem Awojoodu On Feb 11, 2023

 

IBADAN – Oyo State Commissioner of Po­lice, CP. Adebowale Williams, in his efforts to ensure a peaceful electioneering process in the state on Friday, urged residents to maintain peace.

Adebowale, in his words also noted that there is a need for all and sundry to maintain peace in order to assist the po­licemen to improve the duties of protection of lives and prop­erties of the state.

The CP made this statement during the security summit with other stakeholders at the Command Headquarters Eleyele, Ibadan the Capital City of Oyo State.

In his words, CP. Adebowale said, “the recent events in the country call for an extension of the cooperation and understand­ing being enjoyed in Oyo State.”

He added that some of in­dividuals hiding under the umbrella of peaceful protest in a bid to execute plans have been arrested and confessed to smuggling arms into the State.

“Let us all have a clear un­derstanding that we are all Stakeholders in Oyo State. We must say no to agents of dis­integration in our midst and continue maintaining our re­nowned reputation of a State with a relatively peaceful am­bience.

“Without peace in our envi­ronment there can be no elec­tions. The campaign will not go on, you can see some of them has suspended campaigns so we need to have an environ­ment conducive for people to exercise their franchise and continue to maintain peace in Oyo State.”

The Oyo State Controller of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Foluke Oluduro, ap­pealed to residents of Oyo state that effort is ongoing to ensure that the new naira notes is well circulated in the state.

The event was attended by the security operatives, Babalo­ja General of Oyo state, Alhaji Yekini Abass, representative of POS operators in the state, ar­tisans, market women, among others.