Ogun State Police Command has deployed 2,500 personnel to strengthen proactive security arrangements to ensure adequate security, public safety, and a peaceful and hitch-free 2026 Ojude-Oba celebrations across the state.
The personnel are conventional officers and tactical teams drawn from the Police Mobile Force (PMF), SWAT, Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Monitoring Unit, Force Intelligence Department, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit (EOD-CBRN), Motor Traffic Department (MTD), and other specialised operational units across Ijebu-Ode and adjoining communities where the festival will be celebrated within the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital, yesterday.
MEANWHILE, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on his 66th birthday.
He commended the governor’s administration’s people-centred approach to governance and remarkable developmental strides across the state.
In a statement yesterday, Tinubu described Abiodun, who also serves as Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, as a committed leader whose policies and programmes have significantly elevated the standard of governance in Ogun State.
The President noted that Abiodun’s birthday coincides with his seventh year in office, a period he said had witnessed notable progress through the implementation of the administration’s “Building Our Future Together” agenda.
He further lauded the governor’s role in advancing Ogun State’s industrial revolution and enhancing the ease of doing business in the state, noting that such achievements align with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government.
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police (CP), Bode Ojajuni, also directed all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and Tactical Commanders to remain on maximum alert and sustain aggressive patrols, strategic stop-and-search operations, and round-the-clock supervision of personnel within their areas of responsibility.
Ojajuni said that special operational attention had also been focused on strategic routes, including the Sagamu Interchange, Ijebu-Ode–Benin Expressway, Molipa axis, and adjoining communities, to prevent criminal activities, traffic obstruction, and any act capable of disrupting public peace.
He equally directed officers and men deployed for the operation to maintain professionalism, civility, and respect for the rights of law-abiding citizens while discharging their duties.
The CP, however, urged residents, visitors, and participants at the Ojude-Oba festival to remain law-abiding, vigilant, and security-conscious throughout the period.
He advised parents and guardians to closely monitor the activities and movement of their children and wards, while members of the public were urged to promptly report suspicious movements or activities to the nearest police formation or through the Command’s emergency lines.
The Guardian
