Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said his administration has uncovered plans by criminals to attack schools and farm settlements in rural communities in the state.

The governor, who raised the alarm in a statement by his spokeswoman, Olawale Rasheed, said those behind the plot plan would disrupt the implementation of the infrastructure plan of his administration and cause apprehension in the state.

He noted that “those behind the plot are targeting disruption of farming activities through kidnappings and attacks on rural farm settlements.

The statement equally said that schools are being targeted with abductions and attacks as a way of distracting from the implementation of the Safe School initiative and the multi-billion naira infrastructure plan.

Adeleke, however, said he had convened a meeting of the state security council to prevent security breaches in any part of the state.

He referred to intelligence snippets of “deliberate mobilization of criminal elements to the rural areas of the state,” stressing that such reports were alarming and posed serious concerns for the well-being of the Osun people.

In the interim, Governor Adeleke said preliminary directives had been issued to school authorities to take precautions to enhance the safety of pupils and students.