Ogun donates 25 patrol vans, surveillance drones to Police

Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, has handed over 25 patrol vans and surveillance drones to the state police command to help the police effectively fight crime in the state.

The vans and drones were presented to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, who was on a three-day working visit to the state.

The IGP who commended the governor for the gesture said he has ordered the immediate establishment of additional area commands and police stations in the state to help in adequately police the state.

Egbetokun said he would not relent on his effort to put in place a professionally competent police force and change the policing narrative in the country for better.

“We are going to create more police stations to match the development that is going on in Ogun state. We will establish more area commands, we are going to bring additional mobile police squadron into Ogun state.

“We must do everything to secure this state because Ogun State is very important to Nigeria”.

Speaking ongoing police reform, Egbetokun said, “I came in to put in place a professionally competent police force we intend to change the policing narrative in this country for better.

“We need a police force that is service driven, that is rupe of law compliance, that is people friendly. We need a police force that will be so well positioned to respond appropriately and adequately to the dynamics of crimes in our society.

“We cannot achieve this without the support of state governments, we cannot achieve this without the support of the people of Nigeria. So I’m here today, not to ask you for your support because you have been giving that support but to plead that you don’t get tired of supporting the police in this state.”

Governor Abiodun while handing over the vans and drones to the IGP said the gesture was in line with the Federal government’s motive of zero tolerance for insecurity.

The governor promised to continue to support security agencies to win the war against crimes and criminalities in Nigeria

He applauded the innovative and transformational leadership style of Egbetokun, promising to continue to support Nigerian Police to enhance Community Policing so as to win the war against insecurity in Nigeria.

Abiodun presented the patrol vans equipped with state-of-the-art communication gadgets and drones to the IGP in company of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Olatoye Durosimi and the state commissioner of police, Abiodun Alamutu.