The Ogun state police command has condemned the unwarranted closure of Banks and Financial institutions in Ijebu ode and its environs over an alleged robbery threat.
According to a statement signed by
the Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeymi, he said the command is
appalled at this unprofessional behavior of bankers in that axis despite
continuous assurance of their safety by the police and other security
agencies.
Their recent action can only be
described as treacherous and mischievous, because they are not the only bankers
we have in the state and the country in general, yet they are the ones
complaining of robbery threat every now and then.
The command has noticed that once
they are bent on this mischief, they closed their minds and eyes to other security
arrangements the police in conjunction with other security agencies have on
ground to protect them.
They claimed armed robbers wrote to
inform them that they are coming to attack them, but they will not make the
purported letter available to the police for investigation and possible
apprehension of those behind it.
It is bad that from time to time
they cry wolves, carelessly and recklessly; and in none of these numerous
occasions has any robbery taken place.
The command want to believe that
some of them actually want their banks to be robbed, hence these strange set of
bankers expose the banks in the area to security threats by making public real
and imaginary security lapses to the general public including armed robbers
rather than quietly discussing them with security agencies and
government.
The command therefore wishes to warn
that the bankers will surely be the first set of suspects if anything unusual
in the form of bank robbery (God forbid) happens in the area, at least for them
to disclose their ceaseless sources of information.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of
police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has directed a full scale investigation into
this their present claim of receiving a letter from armed robbers that they are
coming to attack their banks.
On our own part, we are doing
everything within the ambit of the law to guarantee the safety of life and
property of good people of Ogun state, the banks and other financial
institutions inclusive. It is therefore not in the interest of the state, for
anybody to raise false alarm.
