THE Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, disclosed that policemen have been deployed to carry out 24 hours surveillance on schools and farms, to avert kidnappings and banditry in Lagos State.
The Police boss, however, lamented that some of the terrains, especially those of the farms, were not accessible by vehicles.
He said the command would liaise with the Ministry of Agriculture and the state government in purchasing motorcycles for that patrol of the farmlands. Fielding questions from journalists on the Command’s preparedness to prevent kidnap attacks on schools and farmlands, Odumosu said: “The Command has designed an Operation Order to cater for the deployment of personnel, surveillance, patrol and strict monitoring of schools and students’ activities across the state, in its bid to provide adequate security for both public and private schools in Lagos State.”
Besides, the Police boss said: “The command has also mounted synergy between colleges, mother and father, communities and other protection organizations in the state at the want to improve on the existing safety structure in numerous faculties to forestall any assault or unsightly incidents. “The surveillance may be extended to farmlands. Unfortunately, some of them are positioned in rural areas that are not motorable.
So, we've got discussed with the Ministry of Agriculture that all farms should have government lets in, as most of them are just farming without letting the authorities recognize what they're doing. It makes it tough to offer protection for them. “We are going to incorporate the Ministry of agriculture and traditional rulers for data of farmlands.
By the time that is installed location, we will begin to map out protection techniques for them. At the instant, we're patrolling regions which can be motorable. When we get the data and with the help of the Ministry of Agriculture and state government, we are hoping to use motorcycles to access the difficult terrains.”
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