THE Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of South West, Johnson Kokumo, has revealed that the police authorities will increase the number of its personnel and provide more patrol vans on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway with a view to chasing out kidnappers and other armed bandits on the road.
“We have seen what and what have been responsible for what could be aptly described as cause for action and we are going to address them.
“We have made our observations. Where we do not have enough security personnel will be corrected. Also, the areas where we have to deplore more patrol vans for effective monitoring and quick answering to distress calls will be looked into. “We are going to draw the attention of the affected local government authorities and agencies of government to the grown up bushes and shrubs at the verge of the expressway. We want to have an express road where reasonable metres of the roads are visible.
“Also, we are calling on the inhabitant of the communities along the expressway to cooperate with the police authority in its effort to fish out the criminals. The perpetrators are not foreigners. They live among the people.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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