Ambode, security chiefs vow to rescue Lagos monarch

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday presided over an emergency security council meeting attended by heads of security agencies in the State.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni told journalists that government and all security agencies in the State are bothered about the emerging crime of kidnapping, and that efforts are on to rescue all those kidnapped recently in the State including the Oniba of Ibaland, Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni.
“What we want to assure the people is that we are putting efforts together to ensure that not just the monarch is rescued but also other victims of kidnapping are rescued and we bring those criminals to justice,” Owoseni said.
He added that the emergency security council meeting was to appraise the security issues confronting the State, as well to assure members of the public on the priority and importance that the State attached to their welfare and security.

Owoseni said: “All of us are bothered As the people are bothered, government is bothered and law enforcement institutions in the State are bothered. We are looking at the issue of kidnapping and the only thing we can tell the good people in Lagos is that government is doing everything possible and is deploying all arsenals of the State towards ensuring that we put a stop to all these and at the same time seize this opportunity to tell the fellows engaging in these activities to channel their energy to lawful conduct because there is no excuse to say that because they cannot vandalize the pipelines again, that is why they are resorting to all these soft targets kidnapping.
“They should divert their energy into productive use. The government has opened up lots of opportunities for people that want to access soft loans for small scale businesses and industries, the Bank of Industry (BOI) for instance is there, they have been putting up adverts, let them have a change of mind, drop their weapons, access these funds that government at the State and federal level had created and for those of them that have certificates and saying that yes we have stopped bunkering and there is no other thing for us to do, there are platforms that have been created by government for them to be meaningfully employed,” the CP said.