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Sanwo-Olu reiterates need for state police

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Sanwo-Olu reiterates need for state police

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday reiterated the need for creation of state police in Nigeria.

Sanwo-Olu reiterated the call when the Commissioners of Police Service Commission (PSC), led by the acting Chairman, Retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina.

He said this would help governors to protect the life and property of their residents, which they had sworn to, as well as ensure peace and tranquillity within their states.

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 reiterate and seek your cooperation on our collective agitation for a State Police. This is my view and the view of a lot of my colleagues and citizens.

”Giving the age of our democracy, policing at the community level is not only desirable, but it is also important and it is what should be done and what we require.

”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.

”There would still be clear responsibility that would be federal in nature; they would still have direct responsibility and oversight to continue to address.

”We also know that if you look at the ratio of policemen to our huge population, we are still far from what it should be.

”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 governor said the move was constitutional and has been pushed at various stakeholders’ levels.

”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.

Sanwo-Olu, who commended the work of the Lagos Police Command led by the State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, said his administration would continue to encourage the Police to do what was right at all times.

Speaking earlier, Justice Ogunbiyi commended Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration on the issue of security, as security remained top-notch in Lagos State.

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”.

”The Police are doing a good job in Lagos and they could also replicate in all other states and parts of the country.

“This is basically why we are here, to appreciate the governor and that he should continue with the good work,” Ogunbiyi said.

She said that the Police Service Commission would ensure that the Nigeria Police worked within the ambit of the law and ensure that they were well looked after.

Ogunbiyi, however, said that the commission would make sure the community had confidence in the

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Dismissed soldier surrenders to police over murder case in Ogun

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Dismissed soldier surrenders to police over murder case in Ogun

By: Zagazola Makama

A dismissed soldier, Yemisi Poroye, who is the principal suspect in a conspiracy and murder case reported earlier on June 25 has surrendered to the Police in Ogun state.

Police sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspect turned himself in at about 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, following intensified police efforts to track him down.

The sources said that three other suspects earlier arrested in connection with the case, along with relevant exhibits, had already been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Abeokuta, for discreet investigation.

The sources added that the circumstances surrounding the murder and the dismissed soldier’s alleged role are currently under investigation.

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Troops repel coordinated attacks on three Plateau communities

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By: Zagazola Makama

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) along with other security forces, successfully repelled coordinated attacks on three communities in Riyom Local Government Area by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias.

Zagazola Makama report that the affected communities Rim, Angwan Wereng, and Cum came under attack between 10:50 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. on Thursday night.

The troops responded promptly to distress calls and engaged the attackers, forcing them to flee the area.

“On receipt of the information, army troops and other sister security agencies moved swiftly to the scenes and repelled the attackers,”said the sources.

No official casualties were confirmed as of the time of this report, but the situation is said to be under control while normalcy has returned to the affected areas.

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Gunmen abduct Fulani leader in Kogi, injure wife and son

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Gunmen abduct Fulani leader in Kogi, injure wife and son

By: Zagazola Makama

Armed men have abducted a Fulani community leader, Mallam Iliyasu, during a midnight attack on his residence at the Fulani Camp in Shagari Village, Lokoja, Kogi State.

Zagazola Makama learnt that the incident, which occurred around 12:20 a.m. on Thursday, also left two of his family members his wife and his son, Abdulsalam with gunshot wounds to the arm and leg, respectively.

The sources said the attackers stormed the home, fired several shots into the air, and forcefully took the community leader to an unknown destination. The assailants also reportedly injured the victims while trying to resist the abduction.

Both injured victims were taken to Ashafa Hospital for medical attention, where they are said to be responding to treatment.

Seventeen expended AK-47 ammunition shells were recovered from the scene of the attack by security forces.

A relative of the abducted victim, Alhaji Ahmadu Yusuf, confirmed the incident and appealed for urgent intervention to secure his release.

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