{"id":566,"date":"2025-04-11T06:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/?p=566"},"modified":"2025-04-11T06:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:52:30","slug":"new-kwara-cp-pledges-professionalism-discipline-community-based-policing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/new-kwara-cp-pledges-professionalism-discipline-community-based-policing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kwara CP Pledges\u00a0 Professionalism, Discipline Community-Based Policing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Shola Baraye, llorin\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly Kwara State Commissioner of Police CP Adekimi Ojo, has vowed to lead a security-focused administration driven by professionalism, discipline, and collaboration with community stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing newsmen in llorin on Thursday during his maiden press briefing at the Police Headquarters CP Ojo expressed gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Police Service Commission for entrusting him with the responsibility of securing the State of Harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy appointment is a call to greater service. Kwara is dear to me, and I am committed to ensuring it remains peaceful, secure, and prosperous,\u201d the Commissioner stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Ojo had previously served as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations in the state, said his experience under the leadership of three former CPs had prepared him to build on the foundation they laid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured residents that his administration would not tolerate any form of criminality, warning that Kwara would not serve as a hiding place for criminals.emphasized zero tolerance for misconduct within the police force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will not hesitate to bring any officer found guilty of misconduct\u2014be it extortion, abuse of human rights, or unprofessional behavior\u2014to face the full weight of the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the importance of community policing, Ojo stressed the need for collaboration between the police and local actors including vigilante groups, traditional rulers, civil society organisations, and other security agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will work closely with all stakeholders to keep Kwara safe. Security is not the job of the police alone\u2014it is a collective responsibility,\u201d adding that,&nbsp; the critical role of the media in&nbsp; contribution&nbsp; to public enlightenment and accountability can not be underestimated &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour role in informing the public and shaping opinion cannot be overstated. I look forward to a constructive relationship that strengthens transparency and public trust,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Shola Baraye, llorin\u00a0 The newly Kwara State Commissioner of Police CP Adekimi Ojo, has vowed to lead a security-focused administration driven by professionalism, discipline, and collaboration with community stakeholders. Addressing newsmen in llorin on Thursday during his maiden press briefing at the Police Headquarters CP Ojo expressed gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":568,"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions\/568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprintng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}