Naira Swap: Kwara Police To Patrol Bank Areas, Warns Hoodlums

The Kwara State Police Command has warned hoodlums to stay away from banks and other financial institutions in the State.

The Command said it has gotten wind of information about plans by some miscreants to attack banks in the State because of the chaotic situation occasioned by the ongoing Naira swap policy.

It warned that it would deal ruthlessly with anyone caught disrupting bank operations across the State.

The Police in a statement signed by the Command’s spokesman, Okasanmi Ajayi, said the State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, has ordered aggressive patrol of banks and other financial institutions in the State.

The statement reads: “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.

“Consequently, the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, CP Paul Odama,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 consequences.A word, they say, is enough for the wise.”