Robbery: Ajimobi inaugurates joint patrol squad
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has inaugurated the state joint patrol squad, with a warning to criminal elements to steer clear of the state.
The 146-member squad, codenamed “Operation Burst’’, is made up of 65 policemen; 55 personnel of the Nigerian Army; 12 Air Force personnel; 7 from the State Security Service (SSS) and 7 from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Ajimobi, while inaugurating the squad at the Governor’s Office car park, said the move was a symbol of his administration’s total and zero tolerance for insecurity.
The governor noted that a government exists, in the first instance, to be able to provide security for its people, adding that any government that failed in this regard had lost touch with the fundamentals of government.
He recalled that of recent, there had been renewed onslaught of men of the underworld and activities of undesirable elements in the country.
“Outcries over the activities of hoodlums and armed robbers, who have literally frozen the peace of the people, have been on the increase,’’ the governor said.
Although he said the state had been lucky not to have a share of the unpleasant attacks of the men of the underworld, any proactive government must not wait until it happened.
Ajimobi, who attributed the upsurge in criminal activities to the Yuletide season, said that having loafed for the previous 11 months of the year, it had now dawned on the criminal elements that the massive social requirements of the Yuletide period needed to be addressed urgently.
“Being loafers and lazy men and women that they are, criminal activities become ready tools with which they hope to circumvent the requirements of the festive period,’’ he said.
According to him, joint security patrol of both military and police, is the most desirable at this moment.
He said his administration had outlined several developmental and economic-boosting activities towards the rejuvenation of the state, saying this could only come a reality in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.
The governor, while enjoining the people of the state to be security-conscious all the time, said that armed robbers and hooligans were not some spirits who just jumped down from Uranus.
The Special Adviser to the Governor, Segun Abolarinwa, explained that the squad would begin with the patrol of Ibadan metropolis with 15 vans and eight Armoured Personnel Carriers.
He said additional 34 patrol vans and four APCs would soon be purchased by the government after which the squad would extend its operations to other towns like Oyo, Ogbomoso, Saki and Igbo-Ora.
The 146-member squad, codenamed “Operation Burst’’, is made up of 65 policemen; 55 personnel of the Nigerian Army; 12 Air Force personnel; 7 from the State Security Service (SSS) and 7 from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Ajimobi, while inaugurating the squad at the Governor’s Office car park, said the move was a symbol of his administration’s total and zero tolerance for insecurity.
The governor noted that a government exists, in the first instance, to be able to provide security for its people, adding that any government that failed in this regard had lost touch with the fundamentals of government.
He recalled that of recent, there had been renewed onslaught of men of the underworld and activities of undesirable elements in the country.
“Outcries over the activities of hoodlums and armed robbers, who have literally frozen the peace of the people, have been on the increase,’’ the governor said.
Although he said the state had been lucky not to have a share of the unpleasant attacks of the men of the underworld, any proactive government must not wait until it happened.
Ajimobi, who attributed the upsurge in criminal activities to the Yuletide season, said that having loafed for the previous 11 months of the year, it had now dawned on the criminal elements that the massive social requirements of the Yuletide period needed to be addressed urgently.
“Being loafers and lazy men and women that they are, criminal activities become ready tools with which they hope to circumvent the requirements of the festive period,’’ he said.
According to him, joint security patrol of both military and police, is the most desirable at this moment.
He said his administration had outlined several developmental and economic-boosting activities towards the rejuvenation of the state, saying this could only come a reality in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.
The governor, while enjoining the people of the state to be security-conscious all the time, said that armed robbers and hooligans were not some spirits who just jumped down from Uranus.
The Special Adviser to the Governor, Segun Abolarinwa, explained that the squad would begin with the patrol of Ibadan metropolis with 15 vans and eight Armoured Personnel Carriers.
He said additional 34 patrol vans and four APCs would soon be purchased by the government after which the squad would extend its operations to other towns like Oyo, Ogbomoso, Saki and Igbo-Ora.
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