Yuletide Security Boost: Oyo, Ogun Govts Reaffirms Commitment to Safety As Residents and Travelers Assured of Adequate Security Measures

… As Collaborative Efforts Reduce Incidents Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Oyo and Ogun state governments have reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring safety and security in the region, particularly during the upcoming Yuletide period.

This was stated during a joint security meeting between the two states, established by the executive Governors of both states convened to assess the progress made in curbing criminal activities on highways.

The collaborative effort has yielded significant improvements, with a notable reduction in incidents along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other shared highways.

Speaking with newsmen,the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security, who spoke on behalf of all other security chiefs of the two states, Compol Fatai Owoseni (RTD) explained that the appraisal is crucial in strategizing for the festive period and beyond, adding that the target is to identify areas for improvement and reinforce measures to guarantee public safety.

He added that the proactive approach will ensure that travelers and residents can celebrate without fear or hindrance.

Compol Owoseni further emphasizes that beyond the publicized meeting, the South-West states have been engaging in under-ground collaborative efforts to foster a secure environment.

He reassured the public, especially those traveling from the diaspora, and emphasized its dedication to safety and promised to re-double their efforts to prevent kidnapping and banditry within the two states.

Compol Owoseni stated that “As we always done, as part of the outcome of the joint security commission that Oyo and Ogun state executive governor’s established.

“We have come together as we used to do again in preparatory for the Yuletide period.

“What the meeting had done is to appraise all the effort that the security operatives of the two states have been making on the common highways that connect the two states.

“Looking at what we started more than two years ago, we have been appraising all the efforts, we have established that we have gone lot of nights positively with regards to curbing criminals activities on the common highways of the two states.

“This is highly commended of course the respective service commanders that are involved, starting from the Army, the police, The DSS, Amotekun, Civil defense, The Road Safety.

“All the security agencies from both states that we have this collaborative effort, we noticed that there have been improvement from where we started and from very long time now, we have not been having any strange incidents recorded especially along Lagos-Ibadan express way and the other highways that are common to the two states.

“The purpose of doing the appraisal is to strategise so that we would not rest on our oars, strategise for the Yuletide and beyond to see areas where we need to improve and that is what we just done.

“Strategise has been put in place in order to give confidence to the motoring public especially our people that would be coming from diaspora for the festive period that this axis in the South-West remain safe and secure, and that we would do more to reinvigorate our measure to ensure that people come and enjoy their Christmas and New Year and beyond without any fear or hindrance.

“We also used the opportunity to take account of the two Governor, Oyo state and Ogun state had done in the area of security and of course all of us service commanders, saw this highly commendable to ensure that the security operatives are able to discharge their obligations through the members of the public.

“Apart from the fact that all the security heads of all the South-West states are meeting including the commanders of the Amotekun, this is just the one that is open that is established to the public but underground there have been collaborative efforts with other states in the South-West to copy from each other and moving on to ensure that the South-West remain safe and peaceful.

“We want to give them the confidence, we want to reassure them that as it has been last year we didn’t record any strange incidents, we are not resting on our oars, we want to reassure them that with the wherewithal that our Governors have been providing that we would re-double our efforts and assure them that they should feel confident to play the road and to do all what they need to do for the festive period without any fear of molestation and the two states also have the communication integration with which we can link each other.

“For the two states, anywhere they are in any of the two states they can call 615, we have that interconnectivity that when you call that toll-free number, 615 we exchange information among each other’s to ensure that once they see something, they say something, that the government would also make sure they take action.

“The head of the respective security institutions are more than ready to ensure that this axis remain safer and most secured, he said.

The Governors of Oyo and Ogun States have been commended for their unwavering support to security operatives.

Their commitment has enabled the discharge of obligations to the public, fostering a secure environment.

The meeting, which was aimed to appraise the efforts of security operatives from various agencies, including the Army, Police, DSS, Amotekun, Civil Defense, and Road Safety.