BOKO HARAM: police assures Lagosians of safety.

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As tension begins to mount over the infiltration of
armed groups, especially members of the Boko Haram
insurgents, in Lagos, the state police command has
assured that the security agencies have put strategies
in place to prevent such infiltration.
This assurance was given by the Lagos State Police
Commissioner, Mr. Fatai Owoseni while briefing
correspondents at the end of the state monthly security
meeting on Tuesday at Alausa.
According to Owoseni, the state has put in place
strategies to prevent armed groups from infiltrating the
state.
He said: “It is important that we do not allow any form
of armed groups to come into the state before reacting.
This is why we have put in place proactive measures
such as constant raids on dark spots and criminal hide
outs as well as random checks at entry points into the
state.”
The state police boss however called on all law abiding
citizens to continue to go about their legitimate
businesses without fear of molestation, assuring that
the law enforcement agencies in the state will intensify
its enforcement against street trading as well as ensure
that Road Traffic Law is enforced.
According to him, the meeting discussed various issues
bothering on street trading, robbery in the traffic, influx
of elements suspected to be members of Boko Haram
and some other issues, with a way of finding lasting
solution to them.
“The meeting looked holistically at what transpired in
the state in the past one month with a view to finding
lasting solution. For instance, we discussed about
issues on street trading, robbery in traffic, influx of
elements being taken as Boko Haram noticed in the
metropolis in the past few days,” Owoseni said.
He assured that the section of the Traffic Law, as it
relates to restriction of movement of trailers and
articulated vehicles between the hours of 6am to 9pm,
will be enforced in a manner that will not impede
commercial activities in the state, adding that Section
2(1) of the law exempts trucks conveying petroleum
products and passenger vehicles.
“We shall ensure we enforce the law, most especially
with the truck drivers complying with the extant laws
and also ensure that extant laws on street trading is
enforced, with regards to that we shall look at human
element in enforcing the law,” he said.
Aside the issue of enforcement, the police boss also
said the council has decided to embark upon
sensitization and public enlightenment as a strategy to
dissuade members of the public from patronizing street
traders.
“We shall do a lot of enlightenment with regards to
that. With enforcement, we combine it with
enlightenment and synergise with stakeholders to
make sure that the laws that have been enacted are
obeyed and we enforce them strictly.
“We’ve also stepped up efforts on where Okada are
prohibited and we keep up the effort on that. In the
course of enforcement we won’t add to the gridlock.
We appeal to members of the public to beware of fake
security operatives coming to them,” he said.