The Osun State Police Command assured the Command has intensified intelligence-led raids on identified criminal" hideouts and blackspots as part of proactive measures to ensure a crime-free and peaceful election in the state.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ibrahim Gotan, at a press briefing in Osogbo, emphasised that ongoing security operations across the state are purely professional and not targeted at any political party, warning against politicization of legitimate police operations.

The police Commissioner narrated how a routine raid by operatives of the command, at a known criminal black spot around Ede Junction, led to the arrest of three suspects.