By John Dike Osogbo
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11 Headquarters, Osogbo, AIG Bassey S. Ewah, has charged police officers in Ile-Ife and Edunabon, Osun State, to improve their operational performance, strengthen crime prevention efforts and ensure effective service delivery.
Ewah gave the charge on Thursday during an operational visit to the Area Command and Divisional Police Headquarters in Ile-Ife, as well as the Divisional Police Headquarters in Edunabon.
The visit was aimed at assessing the operational readiness of the formations, inspecting available facilities, reviewing security strategies and evaluating personnel performance to enhance policing and improve security across their areas of responsibility.
During the exercise, the AIG urged the Area Commander and Divisional Police Officers to intensify their efforts, demonstrate greater commitment to their statutory duties and improve on their previous performance.
He stressed the importance of proactive policing, effective supervision, intelligence-led operations and prompt responses to distress calls, describing them as essential measures for preventing crime and maintaining law and order.
Ewah also called on officers to sustain engagement with members of the public, noting that effective collaboration between the police and communities remained critical to addressing security challenges.
He reiterated that operational efficiency, public confidence and the protection of lives and property were key priorities of the Nigeria Police Force.
The AIG further urged personnel to uphold the highest standards of integrity and professionalism, while ensuring that members of the public received efficient, responsive and courteous policing services.
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The operational visit, according to the police, forms part of Ewah’s ongoing efforts to strengthen supervision, assess the operational capacity of police formations and improve service delivery across Zone 11, which comprises Osun and Oyo states.
The police public relations officer of zone 11 SP Ojedele Olanrewaju Tunji descried AIG visite as wake up call for offficers to doubble their efforts in ensuring the safety of all and sundry
