Bola Bamigbola, OsogboOsun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Ige, on Sunday said the state is safe and blamed social media for portraying the state as unsafe. Ige said the Command had curb incidents of kidnapping and other violent crimes in recent time because operatives now understand better how the perpetrators of such crimes operate. Osun is safe and we have been able to bring down incidents of kidnapping and violent crimes in the state in recent time, because we know the mode of operation of those behind such crimes now. “Newsmen should help us to stop news flying around on the social media depicting the state as unsafe. Osun is safe and we will continue to work very hard to ensure peace.

Source: Punch June 23, 2019 16:30 UTC