Odumosu
There is a plot by the Oodua Republic (OPC) and the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to attack strategic locations in Lagos, and to disrupt law and order, the Lagos State Police Command, revealed on Monday.
Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, who alerted of the plan, said at a stakeholders’ forum on security chaired by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the state secretariat, Alausa that security agencies in the state were on top of the situation of both the plot to disrupt the normal activities in the state and planned attack soft targets, respectively.
Odumosu said: “The command has taken notice of agitators for Oodua Republic by some Yoruba separatist groups and the threats to disrupt law and order in the state. Twenty four of these groups have been identified and being closely monitored. “Similarly, the threat of IPOB to attack soft targets in Lagos is equally being put on the radar of the command intelligence gathering and other security services in the state. Strategies are being put in place to neutralise their activities.
“The command is using this medium to solicit for the support of all and sundry to be vigilant at all times and report any suspicious person or movement to security agencies. Let us adopt the slogan of “when you see something, say something.”
The police boss while stating that strategies were continuously appraised in order to keep hoodlums at bay, added that intelligence reports available to the command revealed that criminals use uncompleted, abandoned buildings, empty lands and hotels to plan and execute their missions.
Amidst reports that two attempted attacks on two police divisions in Lagos were foiled last month and security beefed up across the state to forestall further attempts, Odumosu, revealed how abandoned vehicles were also used by the perpetrators of crime to hide firearms, urging the government to take immediate action towards possessing such properties for better security.
