By Charles Akinbode
Police authorities in Osun State have warned cultists in the state over their proposed 7/7 Day Celebration.
The Osun State Police Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, in a statement on Friday, said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Kehinde Longe, issued the warning.
She said the state police command is through the statement warning hoteliers, event centers, and landlords/landladies not to allow their facilities to be used for any cult-related activities in the state.
According to the statement, Longe had given a marching order to the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), and the tactical units to be alert and nip in the bud any act capable of truncating the peace of the state.
Quoting the police commissioner, she said the police commissioner told the Command and other security agents and Civilian JTF not tolerate any unlawful gathering or assemble that will endanger the peaceful atmosphere of the state.
Saying the plan to mark 7/7 may lead to blood shedding and destruction of properties, she said the CP advised parents and guardians to caution their wards to be law-abiding, and desist from any act or unlawful gathering/ assembly before, during, and beyond the said date.
She sounded the warning that the police will arrest and prosecute defaulters.
“In the same vein, hoteliers, recreation/event centers, and landlords/landladies are by this announcement warned not to allow their facilities, as owners of such facilities are liable to prosecution.
“The CP advised the good people of the state to go about their legitimate businesses while the Command has taken necessary security measures to forestall any likely breakdown of law and order.
“Meanwhile, the citizens are urged to be security conscious, vigilant, cooperate, and collaborate with the security agents by giving useful, credible, and timely information,” the statement concluded.
