FOLASHADE KEHINDE
THE Lagos State Police Command has ordered 24 hours surveillance of private and public schools in the state, including farms, in a proactive step to prevent all forms of criminal acts.
It has also established synergy between schools, parents and communities on the improvement of security architecture in various schools to forestall any attack or ugly incidents.
The Command has therefore deployed operatives under its Operation Order for patrol and strict monitoring of schools across the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, who disclosed this, said the Command would liaise with the Ministry of Agriculture and the state government to purchase motorcycles for the patrol of farmlands.
This, he noted, was because some of the terrains, especially farmlands, were not motorable.
Odumosu said, “The Command has designed an Operation Order to cater for the deployment of personnel, surveillance, patrol and strict monitoring of schools and students’ activities across the state, in its bid to provide adequate security for both public and private schools in Lagos State.
“The command has also established synergy between schools, parents, communities and other security agencies in the state on the need to improve on the existing security architecture in various schools to forestall any attack or ugly incidents.”
He added, “The surveillance will be extended to farmlands. Unfortunately, some of them are located in rural areas that are not motorable. So, we have discussed with the Ministry of Agriculture that all farms must have government permits, as most of them are just farming without letting the government know what they are doing. It makes it difficult to provide security for them.
“We are going to incorporate the Ministry of agriculture and traditional rulers for data of farmlands. By the time this is put in place, we will begin to map out security strategies for them.”
“At the moment, we are patrolling areas that are motorable. When we get the data and with the assistance of the Ministry of Agriculture and state government, we hope to use motorcycles to access the difficult terrains,” the CP said.
