The Ekiti State Police Command has raised the alarm that some bandits were planning to invade the state with the aim of unleashing terror on the people. The command said it had intelligence reports that indicated that that the bandits would pose as law-abiding citizens before launching attacks on their host communities after settling down.
The Police Commissioner, Ekiti Command, Mr Babatunde Mobayo, in a statement in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, urged the citizens to beware of whom they receive as strangers.
Mobayo revealed that the armed hoodlums had concluded plans to start entering the state in batches, adding that they would continue to hatch their insidious plans until they are ready to strike.
“It has come to the notice of Ekiti State Police Command through intelligence gathering that some group of persons suspected to be armed hoodlums and criminally-minded aliens have concluded their plans to enter Ekiti State in their large numbers in order to unleash evil, cause havoc and create apprehension.
“Furthermore, intelligence gathering has it that the first set of the armed hoodlums will arrive the State under the pretext of settling peacefully with their host communities while the other set will come later to launch attacks and cause havoc on innocent populace.
“The Command wishes to state that this does not call for panic; rather it calls for effective and enhanced community policing. In view of this, the Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, implores all and sundry to be security conscious, extremely vigilant and report to the police immediately any suspected person or group of persons arriving, residing or found perambulating in their environs.”
“The CP also implores all landowners, landlords, and agents to know the identities of those they accommodate, let or sell their properties to in order to avoid accommodating or harbouring criminals who may in turn threaten the peace of the society”.
“The CP assures the good people of Ekiti State of his determination to ensuring the safety of lives and properties of the citizens and implores all to give useful and timely information to the police that could lead to the arrest of suspected criminals through the nearest Police Station or call the police control room number”.
