Ogun State Police Bans Use of Fireworks

 The Ogun State Police Command has prohibited the use of fireworks aka Banga, in the state. The state issued the ban as a result of recent threats where residents panicked after mistaking sounds of fireworks for gunshots. This panic and subsequent anxiety grew as a  result of security concerns which grew from persistent cult killings predominantly in Sagamu, Sango-Ota, Ikenne and Ijebu-Ode areas of the state. 

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 A statement issued by The Ogun State Police spokesperson, Omolola Omololu, reads: "The Ogun State Police Command is inundated with report indices  coming from residents since the 1st of November 2023, especially in Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, Ikenne and Sango Ota, over the indiscriminate use of dangerous fireworks popularly called ‘banga’ that the deafening sound of it threatens the state of peace of mind, triggering anxiety of residents especially amid security concerns expressed by residents in Ogun State. Following these reports of apprehension before the Ogun State Police Command, the Commissioner of Police, CP Alamutu Abiodun, has, henceforth, declared a ban on indiscriminate use of explosive  fireworks in Ogun State upholding the distressing complaints from residents and the community about their inability to differentiate between gunshots and genuine fireworks, that residents have been throwing causing sleepless night, constant terror from the deafening bang of these dangerous explosives.”