Naira Swap: Kwara Police Beef Up Security in Bank, Caution Hoodlums Targeting Banks

The Kwara State Police Command has ordered aggressive patrols of banks and other financial facilities across the length and breath of the state, warning criminal elements in the state to change their minds as anyone arrested would be met with heavy consequence

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Paul Odama made the call in a statement issued by the police public relations officer SP Okasanmi Ajayi made available to newsmen in Ilorin the Kwara state capital.

“Intelligence available to the command indicates that hoodlums have perfected plans to replicate the lawlessness that was unleashed on some banks in some states of the country, owing to the crisis emanating from the Naira note swap that is ongoing in Nigeria at present, which the government is doing all within its power to normalize.
The command wishes to assure the good people of Kwara State of the command’s capacity to deal ruthlessly with any lawbreaker. Criminals are therefore advised to shelve any such dastardly idea” the statement said.