CP deploys policemen to Ikotun-Igando over robbers’ threat

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, on Thursday said he had deployed policemen and resources to Ikotun-Igando area over the alleged robbers’ threat to the community.

Aderanti was reacting to a media report on a letter purportedly sent to residents around College Bus Stop, Ikotun Road, Igando-Lagos, that they would come and attack them.

The report said that robbers had sent a letter to the community, requesting them to prepare for them (robbers) hefty Christmas gifts.

The police boss, however, told NAN that even though the command believed the letter was a rumour, it had deployed its men to the community for “round the clock’’ surveillance.

“Within the past 24 hours, what we are doing in that area is unprecedented. I have deployed men and resources to that area. We have been able to stop that rumour, to me it is a rumour,’’ Aderanti said.

He assured the residents to stay calm and go about their daily activities, adding that the surveillance in the area would continue.

Aderanti advised criminals to stay away from Lagos State, stressing that the police would not leave any stone unturned to fight crime.

The CP, however, solicited the support of residents in the area of information gathering to enable the command perform its duties more effectively.

“We want to assure Lagosians, Igando inclusive, that we are more than ready to guarantee and to protect them as we move towards the Christmas period. Our surveillance operation is going to be very massive throughout the nooks and crannies of the state. We are in total control of Lagos State.

“The threat letter which the residents alleged to have received is a big mistake from the armed robbers, because it has really energised us,’’ he said.

Aderanti said that the command would continue to work round the clock to ensure the safety of residents of Lagos.

He said that the command was ever ready to reduce crime to its barest minimum in the state.

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