Oyo Conveys Expanded Security Council Meeting
Oyo State Security Council has read the riot act to all illegal miners, bandits, illegal migrants, cultists and other men of the underworld to desist from the acts, saying the government is determined to deal decisively with them.
The Council gave the warning at a press briefing shortly after the state’s Expanded Security Council meeting, presided over by Governor Seyi Makinde, at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan, the state capital.
The expanded meeting, the first in the year, was attended by some members of the State Executive Council, security chiefs, traditional leaders and all the 33 local government chairmen.
Speaking after the meeting, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security Matters, CP Fatai Owoseni Retired disclosed that the meeting was an initiative to holistically appraise the security situation of the state through feedbacks from all cadres of leadership in the state.
CP Owoseni retired asked all residents of the state to take security issues seriously, assuring them of prompt response to all security concerns.
The special adviser on security also urged the people to make use of the toll free 615 security number in case of any emergency.
Also speaking, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Johnson Adenola, said the Council resolved that there would not be stereotyping of people and criminality in the state.
The CP also disclosed that the Council warned all bandits, cultists and other criminally-minded people to desist because the long arm of the law is bound to catch them if they don’t.
Speaking on behalf of traditional rulers, the Olu of Igboora, Oba Jimoh Titiloye said the traditional leaders are ready to support security operatives in their domains
The Chairman of the Association of Oyo State Local Government Chairmen, Sikiru Sanda, pledged that all council chairmen would support the state government to make the state safer.
