Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday reiterated the need for the creation of state police in Nigeria.
L-R: Commissioners of Police Service Commission : Mr Austine Braimoh; Barr. Rommy Mom; Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alabi; Acting Chairman, , Justice Clara Ogunbiyi ; Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; Lagos State Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo and Board Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund , Dr Ayodele Ogunsan, during a courtesy visit by the management of the Commission at Lagos House, Marina, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022.
The governor said that his administration would continue to provide adequate first-class security for the entire local and foreign residents within the state. ”We will continue to advocate for State Police. We have said that State Police is not in any form to retrench or reduce whatever the Nigerian Police is doing now.
”So, for us, it is really another level of employment generation; providing what we are sworn to do, which is the protection of life and property; ensuring there is peace and tranquillity within our state,” he said.”The population is growing on a daily basis and we need to be proactive to be able to respond and be able to ensure that we don’t have space for criminal-minded people or people that have other intentions within our own territory,” he said.
She called on other states in the country to emulate Lagos’ security situation, which he said was top-notch, as ”Lagos is a model of how to handle security situations”.
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