CP Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi Outlines Strategies She’ll Use To Fight Kidnapping, Robbery, Cultism In Kwara

The new police chief in Kwara state, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi , a Commissioner of Police, has not only outlined the major security concerns of the State of Harmony but has also disclosed strategies that would be used to tackle them.

Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi while talking to journalists including Team@orientactualmags.com during  the first press conference she would preside over as the state police chief at the state police headquarters, Ilorin on Tuesday, had noted that she was ‘particularly delighted to be back home having once served as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kwara state Command’.

While adding that she was happy to note that Kwara state has a low crime rate, kidnapping, robbery, cultism and allied offences, intra and inter communal clashes have however according to her remained major security concerns of the State of Harmony.

.She has promised that crime prevention would be prioritized on her watch.

 ‘This is borne out of our conviction that the emotional, social, economic and practical costs of victimization are unquantifiable and extremely burdensome. Our resolve to have crime prevention as the major policy thrust is further enhanced by the notion that crime can directly undermine the legitimacy of a state by destroying the trust relationship between the people and the government. 

This is because the most important obligation of a government is to ensure the safety of the citizens. Consequently, concerted efforts will be made to put in place and sustain strategies that will reduce, avoid or eliminate victimization by crime or violence’ she said.

Adelesi listed strategies that will be used to fight crime in the state to include intelligence gathering, intensified anti-crime patrols, cooperation and collaboration with sister security agencies, as well as deployment of the Quick Response Squads.

‘Existing efforts to cooperate and collaborate with the communities will also be enhanced since they are in good position to contribute to the policing of their environment. These strategies are aimed at preventing the occurrence of crime by reducing opportunities and increasing the risks of being apprehended

Contemporary policing is IT-centric, thus urgent steps will be taken to improve on the employment of ICT as a veritable tool of reducing the probability of felons escaping apprehension. Efforts will therefore be intensified in collaboration with other relevant government, non-governmental agencies and the public to make crime unattractive and unprofitable.

 I am not unaware of the dearth of both human and material resources needed for the execution of our strategies. I want to however assure all that the Command will ensure the judicious and effective deployment of the available manpower and law enforcement equipment (LEE) for the protection of the lives and property of all law -abiding citizens and residents of the state with a view to enhancing the quality of life and provision of adequate security needed for economic activities to thrive in the state.

 It is a known fact that the Command shares borders with Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Kogi and Niger states. Arrangements are therefore being made to strength the existing collaboration between the composite State Commands as a way of forestalling felons from taking undue advantage of the interstate boundaries to perpetrate criminal activities. 

        The Police Border Patrol Squad domiciled in the state will also be effectively deployed and supervised to prevent cross- border crime’ she also submitted.

The new police chief , who urged every law -abiding member of the public to support efforts to make Kwara state a very safe and secure place where peace and tranquility reign, also promised that the Police will be civil but firm in discharging its statutory duties without fear or favour.

‘The officers and men will be effectively monitored to ensure that they discharge their duties with a high level of professionalism while particular attention shall be paid to the protection and promotion of the human rights of all’ she added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you