Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the tactical team of the State Police command to move in to the long bridge at Kara end of Lagos-Ibadan expressway to combat the incident of robbery which is now becoming a daily occurrence in the area.
According to statement made available to journalists by the Spokesman of the state Police Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the CP was said to have issued the directive during an on the spot assessment visit to the area on Thursday.
Some hoodlums who posed to be hawkers were reported to be using the opportunity of the ongoing road construction at that spot which usually leads to traffic snarl to attack motorists and other road users, dispossessing them of their valuables.
The statement said “In view of the road construction work going on at Kara end of long bridge along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, which gives hoodlums opportunity to be attacking innocent members of public on the long bridge, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has directed the command’s tactical teams to move to the area and compliment the efforts of the divisional policemen in patrolling the area.
“It has also been discovered that some of the hoodlums are pretending to be hawking goods on the bridge during traffic gridlock and using the opportunity to carry out robbery operations.
“To this end,the Command is hereby using this medium to warn all those hawking goods on the bridge to quit with immediate effect in order to sanitize the environment and deter the criminals from perpetrating crime on that bridge and anywhere around.”
The Commissioner of Police during the visit was said to have assured members of the public especially the commuters plying the road of their safety as the command will do everything possible within the ambit of the law to flush out the hoodlums in the area.