The Lagos State Government has promised to do everything possible to ensure criminals in the state are brought to book.
This assurance was made on Monday by the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, via a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello.
Ambode noted that he is worried by the spate of kidnappings in the state and would not fold his hands to do nothing.
He said the state government will work with the Federal Government and the Ogun State government to bring crimes in identified volatile areas to the barest minimum.
“We are working together with both the FG and Ogun State Government in particular in the volatile areas that have been identified,” he said.
He also said, “We would like to inform Lagosians that we are saddened by the recent cases of kidnappings that appear not to be unrelenting. But we wish to assure that the government will not fold its arms and allow a few evil doers to prosper at the expense of innocent citizens.”
The state government disclosed that security intelligence has revealed useful leads towards identifying notorious syndicates behind the heinous crimes and their accomplices.
He advised Lagosians to be very vigilant and security conscious as intelligence reports have shown that most of these heinous crimes are perpetrated through recalcitrant elements who have infiltrated the state and are carrying out this act in conjunction with friends, family members or close associates of the victims.
Bello, in the statement, reiterated the commitment and capacity of Ambode’s administration to go after and suppress any act of crime and criminality in any part of the state, urging residents to take advantage of the state’s toll free lines: 112 and 767 to report any case of crime or unusual/suspicious movement or strange faces in their neighbourhood to security agencies.
While also noting the recent massive security equipment and vehicles donated by the Ambode-led administration to security agencies to beef up security in the state which has considerably curbed armed robbery cases, Bello said the State Government in consonance with the Police and other security agencies in the State will continue to do all within its means to halt the trend of kidnapping in the State and bring perpetrators to justice.
