By Tope Musowo Lagos
Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday requested for two additional Police Area Commands, saying that it would go a long way in tackling the nefarious activities of criminally minded persons once and for all. Ambode, who made the request when the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Ikeja, said the additional Area Commands, if granted, would be set up in Ikorodu and Badagry.
He said: “Funding is key to security, but security also is fundamental to the growth of Lagos and the prosperity of Lagos, so we are ready and we are committed to support all our security agencies, the Navy, the Police to make sure that we have a safe city where we can be investor friendly and also grow the economy of Nigeria. “I am ready to fund additional area commands in Lagos, so I am requesting that we should do two additional commands in Lagos, one in Ikorodu and another one in Badagry.
Th ere is a need for us to pay more attention to the Ikorodu axis because of the kind of reports that we are getting from there.” Earlier, the IGP commended the governor for his tremendous support to the Police Command in the state, “especially in providing equipment and welfare for offi cers.” He said Lagos was leading the way in matters pertaining to security, especially through its innovative Security Trust Fund which had become a national model.
