…Kwara Govt Donates 10 New Patrol Vans
By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The Kwara State government has strengthened her partnership with the state Police Command, as it commences ‘Operation Harmony Tactical Team.’
The take off of the new security outfit witnesed a donation of 10 new four-wheel drive patrol vans, as a gesture from the governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who handed over the vehicles at a ceremony on the grounds of the Government House, Ilorin.
In his brief remarks, Governor AbdulaRazaq said that the fully equipped patrol vehicles would fully aid and help to strengthen security of lives and properties, as well as building the required confidence within the state’s business community.
The tactical team is a combined security outfit under the state Command of the Nigeria Police.
The gesture was said to be the third of its kind that the governor’s administration was giving out operational vehicles to the police in order to beef up the required security needed in the state.
Similarly, patrol vehicles had been donated to other security agencies in Kwara State by the government.
At the brief handing over ceremony to the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Paul Odama, AbdulRazaq said, “We are supporting our security agencies by giving them additional equipments to make their jobs easier. As you have seen, security issue in the country is getting better daily. We want to keep it that way.”
He commended the Police and other security agencies in Kwara State for their gallantry efforts in making the state what it is, as one of the adjudged safest states in Nigeria.
He added, “Kwara State is arguably the safest state in Nigeria. We are doing our best to keep it that way, by ensuring that the citizens remain safe. And, part of what we need to do is to keep supporting our security agencies.
“I thank them for the work they have been doing to allow us have the confidence to sleep with our eyes closed at night. We are truly grateful for the efforts.”
In his remarks, the state Police Commissioner, Odama, appreciated the governor “for always responding to their operational needs,” promising that the police would not to let the state government in particular and the good people of the state down, by engaging in good policing of the North Central state.
Odama said, “I am really thankful to Your Excellency, the governor of Kwara State, for giving us these vehicles. As you rightly said, Kwara State is one of the most peaceful states in the country presently. And, we need to keep that position, and even improve on it.”
The police chief also thanked the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Alkali Baba Usman, for playing an important role in the quest to make sure that every part of the country is properly policed.
The event was attended by some cabinet members and party executives, including the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Mamman Saba Jubril; the Special Adviser, SA, on Security, General Tunde Bello (rtd); the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, on Security; Alhaji Aliyu Muyideen, as well as the chairman of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Sunday Fagbemi.
