In a bid to monitor and control criminal activities, especially along the main highways in Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun has announced that his administration has acquired security drones.
While receiving the state’s new Commissioner of Police, Yomi Oladimeji, who paid a courtesy visit to his office in Abeokuta, Abiodun said that the state had acquired drones to allow it to monitor, particularly, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other major highways so that it could identify threats and respond to them with dispatch.
“CP Oladimeji, you have your job cut out for you. We have in the past had farmer/herders crises, and we are facing issues of cultism that continued to be on the rise, which we find very strange.
“There are issues of kidnapping here and there but I must thank the men and women of our law enforcement architecture, including the police, DSS, the military, Civil Defence and other members of our security architecture for the hard work”, he said.
The governor said Ogun as a state with the highest number of industries and also serving as the education and religious capital, was expected to have an influx of people with its attendant challenges.
He added that his administration desired to have a crime-free society to attract more investors to the state.
He observed that in spite of numerous challenges facing the country, the state had remained peaceful, attributing the feat to the inter-agencies synergy among heads of security agencies.
Abiodun added that the deployment of a water cannon and Armoured Personnel Carrier by the Inspector General of Police would help in tackling crimes and criminalities in the state.
He described the new CP as a round peg in a round hole, a legal practitioner vast in judiciary and security matters.
The governor added that his many years of traversing the nation as a police officer had prepared him for the task ahead.
Oladimeji had explained that the mission in the state was to protect the lives of law-abiding citizens, to enable them to enjoy the fruits of their labour.
“We will be tough on criminals and friendly with law-abiding citizens. I want to assure the governor and the citizens that we will not rest on getting rid of criminals out of Ogun State.
“All we need is the cooperation of the people and assistance from the government”, the CP said.
