By Ayodele Oni
Following the increase in cult and boundary clashes, the Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Command, Mr. Wilfred Afolabi has organised town hall meetings with communities in Idanre Local Government Area of the State.
The commissioner also visited the Deji and Paramount ruler of Akure, Oba Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo, at his palace discussing the need for the collaboration of the traditional institutions with the police in nibbing crime in the bud.
Fielding questions from newsmen, the CP said: “The essence of this meeting is for us to get acquainted with the security challenges they may be having and at the same time for them to give us an assessment of service delivery of the police in this community.
“But most importantly is for police to get closer to the stakeholders in the community to enhance free flow of information and at the same time look at areas to exploit so that police can discharge its duty effectively and more efficiently.
“It’s one of the beauty of this community safety partnership forum. If I did not come, I would not have had access to some of this information that was brought to my knowledge this afternoon.
“So, having gotten this information, we’ll go back to our drawing boards and see how some of these issues can be tackled and resolved.
“I will do system analysis and by doing that, I will be in a better position to know the security modalities to put in place to address most of the issues which they brought to our knowledge.”
During the meeting, the people tabled their various security challenges in the individual communities.
They emphasized on the need to beef up security in the communities by deploying more policemen to the local government and the wherewithal they will work with for timely response to emergencies.
Residents of Gbalegi community solicited for establishment of a Police Post in the community to check activities of criminals that usually infiltrate their farms to steal their farm produce, especially cocoa and tree felling.
Earlier, the commissioner said the meeting became necessary for them to see how they could work together on the programme, community safety partnership, initiated by the commissioner.
He said the programme is focusing on how to ensure good service delivery through feedback and review of activities of residents as it affect security of the community and the state in general.
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