Osun acquires helicopter for security

As part of its determination to make Osun State inhospitable to criminals, the state government has acquired a helicopter to beef up the aerial surveillance capabilities of its Swift Anti-Robbery Squad. The helicopter, a French Five-Plus-One passenger Eurocopter AS-355N, is a 2006 model with twin engines.
A statement by the Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, explained that the latest security acquisition, under a lease agreement with OAS Helicopters, Lagos, complimented the state’s investments in adequate protection of lives and properties.
In August last year, the state government inaugurated the Swift Action Squad outfit, with five Armoured Personnel Carriers and 25 patrol vans. It has since acquired another set of 100 patrol vans to ensure that all nooks and crannies of the state are well-covered.
The helicopter is also to provide emergency services for the Osun Emergency Management Agency and the O-Ambulance in case of medical emergencies and other forms of evacuations.
At the inauguration of the SAS in August 2012, Governor Rauf Aregbesola promised that the government was working hard to ensure aerial surveillance, which would make it impossible from criminals to escape out of the state the moment any crime was committed.