Protecting police is part of our job – PCRC 

By Damilola Kushimo 

The Chairman of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Aswani Division, Hon. Adeleke Adegboyega has said that protection of the police and police stations is part of the committee.

He said this while explaining the effort taken by the committee to make sure that Aswani police division did not come under any form of attack during the unrest caused by the EndSARS protest.

According to him, the committee had to postpone its monthly meeting  earlier scheduled for Thursday, October 29 to Thursday, November 26 due to the social unrest the community is just recovering from and also to ensure the committee keeps up with its all-day surveillance on the station.

He appreciated members of the committee and the residents for protecting the police division from being destroyed by hoodlums, stating that the effort would be sustained till normalcy is totally restored.

“We could not hold our monthly meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 29 because of what’s happening so that we don’t expose our members to hazard.

“During the crisis, we effectively mobilised members of the community and set up a vigilante movement to safeguard all entries as well as the nooks and crannies of the police station in order to forestall hoodlums attack and that made it more important to put the meeting on hold till next month.

“We keep vigil over the division because we understand the fact that the police and the community are inseparable entities and that’s why we, the PCRC have to sustain the relationship between both, to help the police to fight against crimes in the community.