Assistant Inspector General of Police zone 2, Ahmed Illiyasu assured residents at the weekend that measures have been put in place to ensure crime free Christmas celebration in the zone.
The Assurance was given by Illiyasu during the award ceremony of the Group Managing Director of Adron Homes and Properties Ltd ,Aare Adetola Olaniyi Olaonipekun Emmanuelking ,as the Grand Patron of the Police Community Relations Committee [PCRC] South west, at zone 2 Onikan, Lagos.
He confirmed that officers have been charged with the role to monitor all the flashpoints and highways towards ensuring crime free season in the zone , and this would be achieved based on established renewed commitment of the committee and the force .” in terms of the yuletide ,the people would enjoy the period without hindrances and sleep with their eyes closed” he noted.
“Reviewing last year and this year, the difference is very different. There is a reduction of crimes and criminalities as far as this zone is concerned because of a renewed commitment.
“We have a national order. We have a local operation order. We have charged each commandant, each officer with particular duties to perform taking into cognizance all the highways, Ibadan-Lagos Expressway and other flash points.
“Policy architecture of Lagos and Ogun states is not new to me. I have the whole architecture at my palm. I know all the black spots. I know all the flash points. But, one thing I would tell you is that crime is dynamic. It is fluid. Crimes and criminals change their tactics and modes,” he said.
Iliyasu noted that the Nigeria Police is currently being technology-driven as scientific tools were being deployed to nip criminal activities in the bud, just as he disclosed that crimes had taken over cyberspace as criminals were hacking the assets of others.
“In view of that, the current national plan of the police is launching the police into the area of technology.
“Technology and scientific tools are now being deployed to ensure criminals are intercepted, trapped and dealt with accordingly, IRT, SARS and others are undergoing trainings and this is moved to each and every Zone in the country.
Illiyasu emphasizing on the importance of the Investiture as it relates to community policing, he said , the security duty was returning to the people, hence the rationale behind recognizing people who had been turning the wheels of policing in the community in the right direction.
He said , community policing strategy as approved by the Federal Government, as well as the Inspector General of Police (IG) supports operational strategies to be people’s based and democratic policies.
“The importance of today’s event is not far-fetched. You know now, not only nationally but also internationally, the issue of security and safety is returning back to people and the society. The public is the security of the nation and the security of the nation is the security of the public”, said.
