Oyo State Commissioner of police has
banned all political rallies and campaigns in the state.
The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu,
read the riot act while speaking with journalists at the state police
headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, the state capital.
The police boss said the 2010 Electoral Act as
amended stipulates that political party can only engage in political campaigns
90 days before election which must end a day before the election, stating that
since there is no election in the state, political parties must not engage in
any rally or campaign.
According to him, members of any political party
that violate the ban will not only be arrested but be prosecuted by the state
police command.
Mbu who was flanked by other senior police
officers in the command, maintained that the state police command , will do
everything within the law to maintain law and order in the state.
The police boss also added that it has become
illegal for those not officially entitled to use siren to use it, insisting
that whoever violates the ban will be prosecuted.
Mbu said apart from himself as the Police
Commissioner, others permitted to use siren include the state
governor, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), the heads of other
security agencies in the state and those on essential duty such as hospital
ambulance and fire service.
He maintained that it is now illegal for the
operatives of the state security service,’ Operation Burst’ among others
to use siren, stating that a monitoring team will be set up
immediately to enforce the ban on those not entitled to use siren.
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