IGP: We’re working to eliminate threats along Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), says the force is working on eliminating security threats along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Recently, there have been a series of reports on the high rate of robbery and kidnapping along the expressway.

TheCable had reported how suspected kidnappers attacked passengers travelling along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on November 8.

In a statement on Tuesday by Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, Baba ordered the immediate restructuring of the security architecture on the expressway.

“The IGP similarly emphasised that the police authority is not insensitive to the prevailing security challenges on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway, but has rather been engaged with charting a path towards decimating the security issue and strategically eliminating the threats along the expressway,” the statement reads.

“Hence, the on-the-spot assessment of the black spots along the way by the CPs Ogun and Oyo on the directives of the IGP for enhanced safeguard of the expressway.

“The inspector-general of police, therefore, pledges adequate operational support in form of technology-based and tactical operational assets for the commissioners of police in charge of Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo, and heads of tactical operational units in the area to combat the current trend of crimes and criminality on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway.

“In the same vein, the inspector-general of police has therefore called on well-meaning Nigerians, particularly road users, hunters, community leaders, and other stakeholders who ply the route to constantly expose known criminals who terrorise innocent Nigerians along the route and within adjoining communities to the police and other security agencies for immediate arrest and prosecution.”