Residents and passers-by at the popular and
ever-busy Old –Garage, Osogbo Osun State are now happy that the prestigious Dugbe
Police Divisional Headquarters has been given a facelift. The police station,
which had been in poor condition for over a decade, is now a beauty to behold
for many people courtesy of the series of renovation works carried out
recently.
Even
officers and men of the Osun State Police Command attached to the station, which
is one of the oldest in Osogbo, Osun State capital, could not hide their joy
over the development.
They
are full of thanks and appreciation to the new Divisional Police Officer (DPO)
in charge of station, CSP Babatunde Sowole, for turning the fortune of the
station around within a short period of time.
Some
of the officers who spoke with The New Dawn correspondent in Osogbo
maintained that with the renovation of the station, CSP Sowole has demonstrated
a good example of leadership within the police force.
“By
changing the ugly outlook of our station’s buildings and improving on sanitary
condition of the environment within the short time of assuming duty, I salute
our oga,” one of the officers commented.
However,
when asked why he embarked on the renovation, CSP Babatubde Sowole said making
police station conducive is part of the Inspector General of Police IGP Solomon
Arase’s agenda in his improved-welfare package for the officers and men of the
Nigeria Police Force.
The
DPO who maintained further that police officers deserve to be working in a good
environment added that in that line, he was only following the footsteps of the
Commissioner for Police (CP) in the state, Abubakar Marafa, who he described as
a man whose professional virtue worth emulating.
While
calling on other officers of the Nigeria Police Force as well as well-meaning
individuals to come and support the Nigeria Police in any way they deemed fit,
so that the police could serve their various communities better, SUPOL
Babatunde Sowole posited that it is the duties of all and sundry to ensure an
improved working environment for the police with a view of serving the country
better.
“I
feel very proud of myself being a police officer whenever I travel to our Force
Headquarters in Abuja with the beautiful edifies put in place by the police
High Command. I make sure I get a very befitting photograph each time and I
think that is how all the divisions in the country should look like. We must
ensure that we give all the edifies a facelift if we want to put ourselves in
our true position”, Sowole said.
Among
the renovation works done by the Superintendent of Police (SUPOL) Sowole are
the painting of all the structure within the division as well as the conveniences,
erection of a new gate at the entrance of the station as well as painting of
the fence and planting of flowers.
Consequently,
this stride has started eliciting accolades from different quarter. The National leader of Harmonized Vigilante Group, Alhaji Hussain Yah-Salam while exchanging views
with our correspondent, he applauded SUPOL Sowole’s gesture calling on other
DPOs in the state to emulate him.
According
to him, CSP Babatunde Sowole has demonstrated a high sense of loyalty to Osun
State, the Nigeria Police Force and the country at large by making sure he
gives a conducive working environment to all officers and men of this great
division adding that he demands recommendation and good recognition by the
Federal Government of Nigeria.
He
said, “The Nigeria Police need people like the SUPOL who has out of his own
personal money embarked on this laudable project. His act of voluntarism should
be part of the daily routine of all Nigerians if we want this country to move
from where it is today to another level, and if we want the country to get back
her lost glory. Such kind gesture this police officer has displayed is a good
step in making the country to scale back from all the social vices we are
witnessing today”.
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