The Kwara State Police Command has refuted reports that the leaving Zamfara State bandits kingpin, Bello Turji, has moved to an unidentified forest in the state.

A declaration by the representative of the command, Okasanmi Ajayi, in Ilorin on Wednesday, stated the information ended up being essential to diffuse the tension already developed in the minds of the public by the statement credited to one Federal lawmaker in the House of Representatives to the effect that the kingpin and his gang have actually moved to an unknown forest in Kwara State.

“However, the statement by the lawmaker did not expose the source or accuracy of its assertion,” the cops representative noted, ensuring that “Kwara state is protected and safe.”

Okasanmi said “All the borders, both global and regional within the state have been well and massively policed by both the military and the cops.

“Vigilante and regional hunters are working relentlessly with security agents to guarantee our forests are well monitored and protected,” he added.

The spokesman revealed that the state Police Commissioner, Tuesday Assayomo, has directed a 24-hour patrol of all entry and exit points to the state, while tactical units have actually been re-energized with arrangement of additional patrol automobiles and other required tools and incentives to assist their efficiency.

The commissioner also recommended the general public to make info of unusual movements and activities around them readily available to the security firms at all times.

DAILY POST remembers that the rumour of the bandits kingpin, Bello Turji and his gang went viral to the effect that he had actually moved to Kwara State, following the onslaught by security forces on their hideouts in Zamfara State, recently.