The Kwara State Police Command has prohibited the celebration of Isese Day in the Ilorin Emirate.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, made the disclosure on Tuesday in a press release by Command’s spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi.
The statement read in part: “Vigilante, local hunters, community policing members, and the leadership of the traditional worshippers in Kwara, along with some of their leaders from adjoining states, have also been dialogued with and made to understand that the intelligence available to the Police Command does not favor the kind of celebrations being planned by one of the religious sects in the state; they have been advised to relocate their celebration to another state pending a favorable security situation in the state.”
Adelesi also revealed plan to reactivate stop and search, motorized, and foot patrols within the state
“To this end, the CP is using this medium to put the good people of Kwara State on notice of the special security operation and advise the people not to panic or be apprehensive when confronted with the police men on the assignment but to comport themselves and submit themselves for body and vehicular searches whenever they are asked to do so. The officers deployed for the assignment have been trained and warned to respect the rights of the citizens in the process of carrying out their duties.”
“The Command warns would-be lawbreakers in whatever guise and nomenclature to steer clear of Kwara State, as anyone found in any manner constituting himself or herself a security threat would be arrested and prosecuted.”
