Amid apprehension over likely infiltration of illegal miners and bandits displaced from Zamfara State, Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has urged security stakeholders and traditional rulers to be at alert to prevent all forms of criminality in the state.
He stated this in Osogbo, at a security sensitisation programme attended by traditional rulers, security operatives, civil society organisations, politicians, market women, community leaders and top government functionaries.
The governor said, “It has become imperative to put measures in place to checkmate the influx of displaced illegal miners to prevent the reverberation effect of the Zamfara State crisis in Osun.”
The governor harped on the need for security powered by intelligence gathering, vigilance by traditional rulers in their domain and the need to alert security agents on their observation to prevent crime and criminality.
Some of the security chiefs at the meeting raised the alarm on the…
