CP urges correctional centres to sustain deployment of mobile police

Etim Ekpimah

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, has asked the controller of major correctional centres in Lagos State to continue to sustain the deployment of mobile policemen into the centres to forestall jailbreak.

Odumosu also promised to partner with the Correctional Service and other stakeholders to improve on the Criminal Justice System in Lagos State.

The CP has summoned the Area Commanders, Mobile Police Commanders and Commanders of the Tactical Operational Units of the command to deliberate and review operational strategies of the command towards forestalling any attacks in the state.

Odumosu said this during a meeting on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in the Conference Hall, State Headquarters of the Nigeria Police, Ikeja.

The meeting had in attendance the Deputy Commissioners of Police, Operations, Administration and State CID, Panti respectively, the 14 Area Commanders, Police Mobile Force Commanders, Commanders of Rapid Response Squad and Taskforce, Commanders of the Special Squad and Strike Team and the State Intelligence Bureau of the command.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Wednesday said the CP engaged the men in an interactive session to assess and brainstorm on having better security structures in the state and to prevent any attacks on police formations, correctional centres, and vulnerable places within Lagos State.

He said: “The meeting agreed on many strategies to be adopted including robust intelligence gathering, surveillance, sectorising the state for easy policing, constant patrol, and deployment of personnel to strategic places and multi-agency collaboration amongst others.”

He added that Odumosu gave clear directives to the full implementation and enforcement of the strategies emplaced to achieve the goals of effective security of the state generally.

According to Adejobi, the Controller of Correctional Service, Mr Francis Adebisi, praised Odumosu’s efforts on providing adequate security for all and sundry and promoting sustainable synergy among security agencies in the state.