Lagos, Oyo Police Commissioners Restate Readiness To Combat Crimes As Fallen Heroes Are Remembered

Lagos, Oyo Police Commissioners Restate Readiness To Combat Crimes As Fallen Heroes Are Remembered

THECONSCIENCE reports that the police in Nigeria has assured residents of safety and adequate security.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, assured residents of improved and sustainable synergy among security agencies for better policing of the state.

Odumosu gave the assurance today Friday 15th January 2021 at the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration held at Tafawa Balewa Square, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The Commissioner, amongst other security chiefs in the state, assisted the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu, in performing the remembrance rites and laying of wreath accordingly.

Others in attendance were the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Prince Dr Femi Hamzat, the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folashade Jaji, top government functionaries, the State Chairman, Nigerian Legion, Col S Akande (retd) and senior officers from the armed forces and the police.

Odumosu, who doubles as the chairman of the Lagos State Security Council, seized the opportunity to pay tributes to the fallen heroes and admonish the gallant officers and men on the field, defending the territorial integrity and sovereignty of our beloved country, Nigeria, to be focused and patriotic as the present security challenges in the country are not insurmountable.

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Odumosu also appealed to Lagosians to always pray for security operatives, be law-abiding and embrace community-based policing as a civic responsibility.

Meanwhile, the new Commissioner of Police for Oyo State Command, CP. Ngozi Vivian Onadeko, has assumed duty following the redeployment of CP. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, psc.

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The CP is an alumnus of Imo State University, Imo State where she bagged BSc. (Hons) degree in Sociology in 1985.

She later proceeded to University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State where she also bagged Master degree (MSc.) in Criminology.

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CP Ngozi Onadeko was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (POLAC/ Cadet ASP Course 15) on 15/03/1988 and was trained at the Nigeria Police Academy Annex, Kaduna State between 1988- 1989.

On passing out, she has served in various administrative and operational capacities.

CP Ngozi Onadeko also assured the good people of Oyo State maximum protection to lives and property, while she solicits constant dissemination of credible information to enable the NPF serve them better.