Eid-el-Kabir: Kwara Police Deploy 3,500 Personnel, Release Emergency Telephone Numbers

Eid-el-Kabir: Kwara Police Deploy 3,500 Personnel, Release Emergency Telephone Numbers

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For residents of Kwara and indigenes that will visit the state  for the Eid-li-Adha and Durbar celebrations, the police have made elaborate security arrangements to ensure that it  will be peaceful. 

While congratulating Muslim faithful in the state ahead of the Eid-li-Adha and Durbar celebrations, the Kwara state Police Command, however, asked the people of the state to celebrate in peace and shun acts capable of threatening Kwara’s status as state of Harmony. 

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun in a statement made available to  Global Excellence by the state PPRO, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi , on Thursday said  adequate security measures  have been put in place  across  the state.  

”We will be deploying 3500 Police men and women drawn from various operational sections of the Force and all other available security resources at our disposal, in order to ensure  that the Eid-li-Adha and  Durbar celebrations are enjoyed by all and sundry.  

The Command will like to emphasize that the forthcoming festivals are not political and as such, political slogans and foul languages will not be accepted from any quarters, the motoring public should also respect the rights of other road users.  

Members of the general public are advised to be conscious of their environments and monitor activities of their children and wards, while prompt report of suspicious movements and criminal acts should be made at nearest Police stations. The following are available as emergency telephone numbers; 09033871133, 07015338157, 08070734277 and 08125275046,” he stated.

-Akinlolu Abayomi

Kayode Egbetokun, Kwara CP