The Osun State Police Command announced on Tuesday that all types of street carnival events are prohibited in the state throughout and after the holiday season.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs. Yemisi Opalola, provided a statement to news reporters in Osogbo on behalf of the state Police Command. She issued a public advisory.
She encouraged all carnival organizers to use halls or gated compounds to carry out or celebrate their festivals and cautioned the general public that street carnivals will not be tolerated in any form or guise.
“Parents and guardians are equally warned to advise their children/wards to desist from any act that could jeopardize the peace of this season. Hence, anyone caught or found wanting will be made to face the full wrath of the law. Good people of the state are enjoined to go about their legitimate, lawful business and celebration peacefully.”
The statement stressed, “the Osun Police Command in its efforts to guarantee peaceful Christmas and New year celebration in the state is using this medium to advise members of the public, especially the youths that annual street carnivals are prohibited for this period.
“Intelligence available to the command suggests that miscreants under the guise of street carnival plan to carry out mayhem, and every necessary arrangement would be made to avert violence during the period.”