The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon
Arase has commended the Osun State
government and the indigenes for making
Osun the safest state in the country.
He said this at the Frontliners, an interactive
forum of the Association of Veteran
Journalists in Osun State where the Mr Arase
was also given an Award of Excellence.
Speaking on behalf of the IGP, the State
Commissioner of Police, Mr Femi Oyeleye
said the achievement was not without the
cooperation of the patriotic citizens and
varying vigilante groups that have had
excellent relationships with the police.
“I have had the privilege of serving in the
Force CID where you have the opportunity
of knowing what is happening across the
states.
If you look at the graph- the report of 2012,
2013 and 2014; I have not had that of 2015,
Osun State is at the lowest point of the
graphs.
“It is the least crime infested states but it is
just that we cannot do without pockets of
resistance.
The State of Osun is safe, and secure. The
State of Osun is peaceful”, he said. While
commending the past cooperation of the
people of the state, the Police Commissioner
who received the award on behalf of Mr
Arase sought for more support in the aspect
of volunteering information.
He said people must not nurse fears about
their safety, saying the notion of policemen
leaking information to the criminals only
existed in the past.
He assured the public that the Police
Complaints Unit, CRU, and other emergency
numbers where anonymity of the
complainant is guaranteed, are now
available
