The commissioner of police, Kwara State Police Command, CP Paul Odama, on Monday, had a consultative meeting with the president and some executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Kwara State chapter on the need to stop the planned shutting down of flight operations of the Airports in South West zone including Ilorin International Airport due to the prolonged ASUU strike.
Odama spoke to the students leaders on the need to set aside the planned protest and allow the government and ASUU settle their differences amicably.
In a statement released by the State Police Public Relations, Okasanmi Ajayi, the Commissioner of Police made it clear to the students that he was ready at all times to cooperate with the students as well as expecting them to reciprocate, explaining to them the danger inherent in embarking on such economic damaging protest which could be hijacked by hoodlums, like it happened during the End Sars protest of 2020.
In his response, the president of the students union, Mr Suleiman Yusuf Issa, reiterated his unalloyed support and admiration to the Kwara State Police Command, promising not to do anything that could jeopardize the cordial relationship and the fragile peace existing in the state.
He explained that the directive to shut down the airports by (Nans) is only binding on the Zone D axis of the association which comprises of States in the South West of the country, while Kwara state is in Zone C comprising states in North central axis.
He, however, thanked the CP for inviting him and members of his executive for the parley, promising to cooperate with the command in a bid to making the command succeeds in her onerous task of providing safety and security for the people and residents of Kwara state.