Ogun Assembly Harps On Inter-Agency Collaboration In Tackling Kidnapping, Other Crimes 

Dele Olaosebikan 

DISTURBED by the rising cases of kidnapping in parts of Ogun State, the state House of Assembly has tasked the various heads of security formations in the state to strengthen their operations by collaborating with local security networks, including vigilante service, So-Safe Corps and other stakeholders on security.

The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, threw the challenge while responding to the submissions of members representing Odeda, Ogun Waterside, Remo North and Ijebu North State constituencies, Honourables Oludaisi Elemide, Adekunle, Kolawole Awolaja and Segun Kaka, respectively, who spoke under Personal Explanation on the various security challenges being experienced by the constituents at a plenary session held at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Oluomo added that it had become imperative for the security agencies to consider an effective review of its operations, with a sustained collaboration with local security who, according to him, possessed a better knowledge of the territorial architecture of the communities where the crimes were being committed. 

He stated that there was a need to evolve more collaborative strategies for tackling local crimes and criminalities, including kidnapping and land-grabbing, with a view to ensuring effective security networks in protecting the lives and property of all residents in the state.

The Speaker equally called on the new Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alamutu, to live up to his promise of curbing the excesses of land grabbers across the state, noting that the 10th Assembly under his leadership would consider a review of some sections of the anti-kidnapping and land grabbing law, 2016, for more effectiveness. 

Calling on the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to re-consider the creation of State Police/Community Policing, Speaker Olumo stated that the creation of such would empower the residents to easily provide the necessary security intelligence to assist the police towards securing lives and property of the people in the state.      

Earlier, Oludaisi Elemide, Lawal Adekunle, Awolaja Kolawole and Segun Kaka had decried the incessant cases of kidnapping in some parts of their constituencies, including Olodo axis of Obantoko/Ibadan Road in Odeda, riverine communities in Ogun Waterside and Saapade/Fidiwo/Ogunmakin; appealing to the security agencies to rise to the task of securing the lives of the people in their respective communities.

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